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Subject: [Leica] OT: Lumix MFT 8mm is out
From: lug at steveunsworth.co.uk (Steve Unsworth)
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 11:17:39 +0100
References: <9F07836ED74F1C42AA69DFBAF8A1E2F13A2AB68257@MBX1.asc.local> <770C9943-C8CB-4CD5-946C-F71170204B2F@frozenlight.eu> <65EFE6A9-D75A-46EF-8C64-731221FC9B31@steveunsworth.co.uk> <AANLkTimxXuthh4rhDdrU0cCtaWJZZBYgnjIlaqXemkie@mail.gmail.com>
I've just done a bit of Googling, and there appear to be plenty of rumours
of a 14mm f2.8 pancake lens - including some photographs of the lens.
Steve
On 2 Jun 2010, at 10:58, Richard Man wrote:
> Somehow I get the feeling that a fast 12/14 would be tough to design. Look
> at how large the Zeiss 15/2.8 is.
>
> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 2:31 AM, Steve Unsworth <lug at
> steveunsworth.co.uk>wrote:
>
>> Why a fisheye I wonder? I would have thought a fast 12 or 14mm lens would
>> have had much wider appeal. Unless of course they think there's a market
>> for
>> stitched 360 degree panoramas.
Replies:
Reply from richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] OT: Lumix MFT 8mm is out)
In reply to:
Message from kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu (Kyle Cassidy) ([Leica] OT: Lumix MFT 8mm is out)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] OT: Lumix MFT 8mm is out)
Message from lug at steveunsworth.co.uk (Steve Unsworth) ([Leica] OT: Lumix MFT 8mm is out)
Message from richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] OT: Lumix MFT 8mm is out)