I was referring to the Bessamatic. I have no idea about the Canon. You may
well be correct about the EX not having true interchangables. That's the way
to do it for an inexpensive consumer camera, if that's what it was. The
Canon museum online may have it. I'll check. Luckily for us, Maitani didn't
go in for such nonsense. :-) -Marcus
From: andrew fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] re: EV Coupling
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 07:55:00 +1000
I always assumed that there were inner elements on the EX - ah well! Canon
were quite capable of making a 'state-of-the-art' SLR at the time so I
think they were expeimenting with the advantages of a leaf shutter. It's
neat but the lens quality was ordinary, I believe.
AndrewF
>No, there are no in-camera lens elements. The lens mounts to the shutter,
>and the leaf shutter sits in front of the mirror. As I recall, the
shutter
>shuts, the mirror flips up, then the shutter snaps. You then have to wind
on
>to flip the mirror back down and open the shutter again. Focus is soley
by
>microprism. I'm not sure why, other than I guess it was deemed more
>appropriate than ground glass for a 35mm system. I imagine ground glass
>screens of the day would be pretty dim, coupled with the slower lenses.
>
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