----- Original Message ----- From: "John Lovda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 1:09 PM Subject: EOS Start a Rumor or Dialog
> A lot of comments have been made by people on this and > other message boards that they are still waiting for a > full frame sensor like the EOS-1Ds. My question is; > what is to keep Canon from introducing a line of > "EF-D" lenses which fit on the standard EOS body mount > but had a smaller image circle on the film plane and > optics that effectively removed the multiplier > penalty? Does Canon really have to strive for a > 24x36mm sensor? > > John Lovda > Since I have $$$ invested in EF mount lenses, I would have very little (read: none) interest in purchasing a set of lenses specifically for a digital body. To me this would be akin to the desertion of the FD mount for the EF, morally if not in practice. The bottom line is that there is nothing to prevent Canon from introducing a set of, as you termed them, "EF-D" lenses in the manner of Nikons 12-24. The pros, who have far more invested in lenses than I do, have the 1Ds available to them, so Canon runs no risk of alienating them. Someone who is just coming into SLR photography via Canon digitals would have no qualms about buying lenses aimed at digital multipliers. It's just us non pro guys with moderately to very extensive sets of EF mount lenses that stand to have a problem. Skip Middleton www.shadowcatcherimagery.com * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
