Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Couldn't the camera calibrate the lens? After all, it is an optical computer; what is one more task added? Sent from my iPhone Sonny Carter http://www.SonC.com/look > On Feb 21, 2014, at 11:37 PM, "Frank Filippone" <red735i at verizon.net> > wrote: > > That would require calibration of each lens ( maybe they all act the > same????)... > > I would think of this as a really good idea, but I also thought a R10 was a > really good idea...... > > Frank Filippone > Red735i at verizon.net > > > Frank Filippone wrote: > >> >> If you are focusing at working aperture, what advantage is there to >> native lenses? >> >> I'm not so sure Sony has this thought out...... > > For those who are interested in such things, native-mount lenses will allow > shutter-priority and program exposure modes, and AF. > > Another way to handle focus shift would be to program the lens to tell the > camera how much shift there is at various apertures. Given this would be a > native-mount lens the camera would know what aperture the lens will be > using. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information