ho_co Posted March 4, 2009 Share #21 Posted March 4, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Howard... I do not know much about DSLRs... what is, in mm., a typical flange-to-sensor distance ? (I'm thinking of possible M-adapter... ) I'm not certain, but I think the Leica R had a flange-to-sensor distance of just over 47 mm. At one time it was the thickest SLR. Alpa was the slimmest, which made it possible to build adapters for just about any brand lens for the Alpa. My guess is that an M adapter will be possible for the NX. But again, the announcement makes a big deal of 'almost 60% thinner.' I might as well say that when I get around to making my loaf of bread, the slices will be 60% thicker. Completely meaningless till Samsung shows product. And if this hype is typical of what they will do, I don't have any hope that it will fulfill any need. Oh, as for the Italian phrase--sorry, but I used one of the free translation services. Just thought it looked better in Italian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Riley Posted March 4, 2009 Share #22 Posted March 4, 2009 Hi Pete, If they are using an APS-C sized sensor, then the crop factor is x1.5 as opposed to the x2.0 of the 4/3rds system. This camera can not be classified as 4/3rds anymore as the specification for 4/3rds states quite clearly that the maximum sensor size is limited to 18×13.5 mm (22.5 mm diagonal). Samsung hasnt released data on the sensor size, indeed Sony's R1 which was APS was a reduced size 300 sq mm APS sensor, so they have some historic flexibility. APSC currently transits from 1.52x to 1.72x As to mFT standard Four Thirds | Micro Four Thirds | Standard | Whitepaper (Summary of Standard) they had foreseen this and included differing frame sizes "The Micro Four Thirds System is designed to be compatible with the aspect ratios specified for the Four Thirds System, including 4:3, 3:2 and 16:9." And in any event, the original 4/3rds patent also offered flexibility in the imager size Digital camera system - US Patent 6910814 Full Text "The image pickup device 27 may be a 4/3 type charge-coupled device or the like. In this case, the term "4/3 type" refers to the size of the image pickup device, and a 4/3 type image pickup device has an image circle with the diameter of about 21.2 to 25 mm." The Kodak sensors had the 22.5mm diagonal, Panasonic nMOS sensors have 21.6mm (as seen in every late E system camera EXIF) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJP Posted March 4, 2009 Share #23 Posted March 4, 2009 If its OK to use a phrase like "hybrid digital" then I guess Leica should introduce "discete analogue" as a descriptive term for their digital cameras. Or should it be "discreet" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted March 7, 2009 Share #24 Posted March 7, 2009 I'm not certain, but I think the Leica R had a flange-to-sensor distance of just over 47 mm. My guess is that an M adapter will be possible for the NX. But again, the announcement makes a big deal of 'almost 60% thinner.' I might as well say that when I get around to making my loaf of bread, the slices will be 60% thicker. .... Well... roughly calculated we could guess for the NX a lens-to-flange around 20mm.. lot of space for a M adapter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhabedi Posted March 9, 2009 Share #25 Posted March 9, 2009 More about "hybrid" and Leica: PMA: Leica will not rule out hybrid-style camera news - Amateur Photographer - news, camera reviews, lens reviews, camera equipment guides, photography courses, competitions, photography forums Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted March 11, 2009 Share #26 Posted March 11, 2009 More about "hybrid" and Leica: PMA: Leica will not rule out hybrid-style camera news - Amateur Photographer - news, camera reviews, lens reviews, camera equipment guides, photography courses, competitions, photography forums Good link, thanks: the statements indeed are the ones that can be expected from Leica... correctly, being not a mass manufacturer, they cannot risk to join a "tentative tech bandwagon" before seeing the market reaction to it... they have learned from their 4/3 experience: the Digilux 3 is/was probably a "good camera" but clearly not a success, and probably, even if Pana-manufactured, they lost some money on it. And let's not forget that, today, they are already taking a risky bet on another "new" format.. the S2 sensor that, in their intentions, could fill the gap between FF and MF digibacks: a completely different market, ok, but they cannot afford more than one bet at one time... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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