I just got back from the Seybold Convention and Expo in San Francisco. At
the Oly booth I asked about a digital body for all my Oly OM glass. The
answer was from a rep was, "Not that I know of."
"
He then went on to give a curious answer as to why not. "The OM lenses do
not work for digital imaging." He said that lenses focused images by the
rays crossing and the CD chip needed all the light beams to be coming in on
a straight axis because the pixel receptors were like a cup and the light
had to reach the bottom. The present OM lenses land the images at an
angle. I said, "Hunh???" That was about all he was able to say. I said
my undergraduate course in optics must have been under different laws of
physics. It seems to me that exact parallel beams would only exist in an
infinitely small point at the center of the image.
Maybe I shouldda gone back to another rep for a second opinion (on physics,
not a new OM).
BTW, the wide digital printers (primarily ink jet which is evolving
rapidly) continue to amaze me. I saw some lovely images coming out in 5
foot widths on all manner of film, paper stock and fabrics. Every vendor
is ramping up their image software, e.g. Corel Draw 10, Adobe Photo Shop 6.0.
George in Berkeley
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