why after all the hoping for a OM adapter for the oly digital slr is there a
lack of excitement now about what seems confirmation that our old OM lenses
willl fit the digital slr?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Gwinn" <joegwinn@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 10:47 PM
Subject: [OM] Olydak prototype; Use OM lenses as shift lenses on Olydak?
> I wouldn't get too concerned about the size and other details of the
prototype shown recently. It's quite common to cobble prototypes together
from a melange of current production components, and from the junkheap. The
intent is proof of principle and the uncovering of issues before one commits
to a design. And, making the tooling that make the production camera is
*very* expensive, so one will make any number of prototypes to avoid
expensive mistakes. Likewise, the electronics needs to be developed, and
this will often involve the development of an application-specific
integrated circuit. The choice of pixel count can be deferred to the last
moment, so the production camera will come out with whatever meets the price
point. So, understand the concept and intended market, but don't sweat the
details quite yet. It's far too soon. for that, but a large reason camera
companies reveal their prototypes is precisely to get reactions from the
market, to guide the development !
> effort towards what the market wants. (They also do it to give hope to
the faithful, so they don't wander off to competitors, but this isn't as
important as you might think, given the costs to the user of changing
systems.)
>
> Suggestion: OM lens adapters, if aperture coupling is omitted, ought to
be designed to allow for shift use. The image circle of a 35mm lens is far
larger than a 4/3 CCD, so quite a bit of shift ought to be available,
essentially for free.
>
> Joe Gwinn
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