So did Minolta on the SRT cameras among others but the mirror movements
are quite complex by comparison.
William Robb wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Kostas Kavoussanakis"
>Subject: Re: The JCO survey
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>>Or maybe they will go 2mm longer, who knows? After all, they have to
>>sell lenses (and the customers *must* care about the companies'
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>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.
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>William Robb
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