Lon Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >What was it about the old Canon mount? >Too narrow? Too far from (or too near to) >the film plane? Have Nikon and Pentax been >able to keep cobbling along because their mount >dimensions were more generous? Somewhere this >must have been written about, but I've never >seen an article or discussion.
The real reason for the new lens mount (for Canon in the change to EOS and for Nikon if this latest rumor proves to be based on fact) is the change to completely electronic control of all lens functions - aperture, zoom, focus and anything else they decide to add (image stabilization, for example). -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
