On 30/04/2010, Adam Maas <a...@mawz.ca> wrote: > Bruce, there's no appreciable size difference between 35mm film and FF > sensors. Both are within a tenth or two of a millimeter of the nominal > 36x24mm frame size. Certainly there's not enough difference to have > differing geometry. In fact FF sensors are more susceptible to edge > performance issues due to digital sensors having issues with off-axis > light.
But obviously that issue is almost a non-issue now given the appropriate design. Consider the M9 which contains a 36x24mm sensor with a reduced sensor to mounting flange distance coupled with various lenses which protrude into the body and still don't appreciably vignette. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
