RE: 'analogical' lenses coating and CCD, not fully compatible?

2001-11-05 Thread Pål Audun Jensen
Leonard wrote: I too think that was a red herring. I suspect that Phillips wants more for the 6MP CCD than Pemtax is willing to pay. When you can buy a 5MP camera for less that $2KUS, you aren't going to sell many 6MP cameras for $7KUS. If Phillips drops the price on the 6MP CCD, I wouldn't

RE: 'analogical' lenses coating and CCD, not fully compatible?

2001-10-30 Thread Jan van Wijk
On Mon, 29 Oct 2001 11:41:47 -0500, Peifer, William [OCDUS] wrote: Maybe someone that knows more about chip fab can comment on this. Anyway, although each individual pixel may very well be looking through an optic with small numerical aperture, it's only looking a very short distance (microns?

Re: 'analogical' lenses coating and CCD, not fully compatible?

2001-10-30 Thread Anthony Farr
- Original Message - From: Peifer, William [OCDUS] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (snip) I'm curious where this whole idea of CCD sensors requiring (or preferring) perpendicular rays originated. I'm pretty convinced that it must have originated because somewhere along the line, something got

RE: 'analogical' lenses coating and CCD, not fully compatible?

2001-10-30 Thread Peifer, William [OCDUS]
Jan van Wijk wrote: I probably need to dig into the real construction of CCD's, but this description of how the 'pixels' read light intensity from a real 'focal plane' in front of them contradicts my own interpretation! I really don't think it works that way, I think the CCD 'pixels' are

RE: 'analogical' lenses coating and CCD, not fully compatible?

2001-10-30 Thread Paris, Leonard
] Subject: Re: 'analogical' lenses coating and CCD, not fully compatible? When the MZ-D got canned it was reported (and commented on in PDML) that the full format imaging chip was experiencing problems with its off-axis image capture, caused by the physical construction of the pixels overlayed

Re: 'analogical' lenses coating and CCD, not fully compatible?

2001-10-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Paris, Leonard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonder if Kyocera is still going to use this CCD for their Contax digital? Has anyone ever confirmed that this *is* the CCD Contax was planning on using? Everyone seems to be taking it for granted and I must admit I don't know what other CCD they might

RE: 'analogical' lenses coating and CCD, not fully compatible?

2001-10-29 Thread Kent Gittings
of a wave of sodium light. Kent Gittings -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Peifer, William [OCDUS] Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 11:42 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: 'analogical' lenses coating and CCD, not fully compatible

RE: 'analogical' lenses coating and CCD, not fully compatible?

2001-10-29 Thread Peifer, William [OCDUS]
Kent Gittings wrote: [Lots of stuff on CCD imaging Quotes and comments interspersed below] Hi Kent, Just a few notes, interspersed with quotes from your earlier message The common type of CCD/CMOS array currently being used is front illuminated. That means the part that illuminates

Re: 'analogical' lenses coating and CCD, not fully compatible?

2001-10-28 Thread Rob Studdert
On 28 Oct 2001, at 9:11, Jaume Lahuerta wrote: What do you think? Have you heard about this before? Sure have, just about the time when the first CD audio players came on the market some audio components were deemed digital ready :-) I would like to see some technical side to the argument

Re: 'analogical' lenses coating and CCD, not fully compatible?

2001-10-28 Thread aimcompute
, October 28, 2001 3:57 PM Subject: Re: 'analogical' lenses coating and CCD, not fully compatible? On 28 Oct 2001, at 9:11, Jaume Lahuerta wrote: What do you think? Have you heard about this before? Sure have, just about the time when the first CD audio players came on the market some audio

Re: 'analogical' lenses coating and CCD, not fully compatible?

2001-10-28 Thread Rob Studdert
On 28 Oct 2001, at 15:40, aimcompute wrote: Hi Rob, What is an FL range? Hi Tom, FL = Focal Length :-) The term digital lens is rather a bit of a misnomer in my opinion. A lens is a lens is a lens. What counts is whether the chosen lens is suitable for the application. Agreed One

RE: 'analogical' lenses coating and CCD, not fully compatible?

2001-10-28 Thread Bob Rapp
Rod (correctly) wrote: Sure have, just about the time when the first CD audio players came on the market some audio components were deemed digital ready :-) I would like to see some technical side to the argument given that lens coatings are there not for the sake of matching a lens to any film