On Oct 20, 2008, at 9:10 AM, David Savage wrote:
Olympus 4/3 DSLRs have all been full frame, always. It's just that
they are
the full frame of a different format
The same can be said of APS sensor DSLRs.
First, the 16x24 and 15x21 mm sensor cameras that are referred to as
APS sensors are not APS dimension formats. They're close but no cigar.
Second, these SLR cameras were designed to use existing lens systems
originally designed for 35mm film format, a compromise to get 35mm
based lens systems in the hands of users some continued life at a
reasonable cost in the body and a reduction in cost on lens
development for the manufacturer.
So in eliding the
.. which has never been 35mm based.
portion of the original statement, you change the meaning of the
statement entirely. Olympus' 4/3 System specification, bodies and
lenses have no relation to previously designed 35mm film format or
lenses. They are their own format, designed from scratch to be what
they are.
Something about 'revisionist history' could be said here.
Gdofrey
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