----- Original Message ----- From: "Kostas Kavoussanakis" Subject: Re: The JCO survey
> > > Or maybe they will go 2mm longer, who knows? After all, they have to > sell lenses (and the customers *must* care about the companies' > needs). Doubtful. If they stay with the small sensor size, it makes more sense technically to shorten the registration distance. That 2mm increase in register distance was done for two reasons. One was to make it easier to put in a larger mirror for those very common super telephoto lenses, the other was to ensure that FD lenses were obsoleted. Note that Pentax managed the mirror issue quite well with the LX. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
