> Olympus claims their new lens design gets around this problem
> by moving the
> exit node farther from the film plane, thus making the angle
> of attack less
> acute. This doesn't sound right -- the angle at which the
> light rays strike the
> film is, by simple geometry, unavoidably linked to the lens's
> angle of view.
> How can you make the angle less-acute without simultaneously
> reducing the angle
> of coverage?
Isn't this essentially a "retro-focus" lens? Doesn't the XA's
35mm lens fit this definition? Most zoom lenses are also of
this design by their very nature.
AG-inquiring minds want to know-Schnozz
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