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Subject: [OM] Re: Super 4/3?
From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 15:47:24 -0800
Well. That is interesting. So Oly could also sell their lenses with  
Canon and Nikon mounts for the reduced format digital.



Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA




On Mar 13, 2006, at 2:59 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:

> This Oly page states that the 4/3 in the specification refers to the
> size of the image circle which is four thirds of an inch or 1-1/3  
> inches
>   or 33.8mm.
> <http://olympusdigitalschool.com/e-system_cameras/e-1/ 
> E-1_Digital_Camera_-_A_Closer_Look/index.html>
>
> The E-1 only uses 21.6mm of that.
> <http://www.olympus-europa.com/consumer/dslr_7045.htm>
>
> Note that both page references are official Oly sources.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
>
> Piers Hemy wrote:
>
>> My recollection of the 4/3 standard is that image/sensor size and
>> proportions are not defined, only the bounds are defined. Perhaps  
>> the bounds
>> are indicated by Walt's measurements, being anything that fits  
>> into a 30mm
>> circle!
>>
>> --
>> Piers
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]  
>> On Behalf
>> Of Winsor Crosby
>> Sent: 13 March 2006 17:34
>> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [OM] Super 4/3?
>>
>> Anyone have a sense of the coverage of the Oly digital lenses?  If  
>> it is
>> generous couldn't Oly some time in the future decide on a little  
>> bigger
>> sensor in order to increase resolution and keep noise down? I  
>> could see them
>> putting circuitry in the camera that would detect the model of  
>> lens, its
>> setting  and automatically correct any mild vignetting  
>> automatically. Or
>> resurrect the square format. Hmm.
>>
>>
>>
>> Winsor
>> Long Beach, California, USA
>>
>>
>>
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