The bottom line in all of this is that Nikon (and perhaps Canon as well) will be designing their digital cameras to be optimal for newly designed lenses, and that for all intents and purposes, current users of these systems will have to upgrade their lenses to get the full benefits of these cameras. Using Nikon as an example, it means that current Nikon AF lenses will go the way of the older manual focus lenses (which technically can still be used on current Nikon bodies but are probably beginning to collect dust for many Nikon users). dan c. At 09:03 AM 14-12-02 -0500, Rob Miracle wrote: >At 02:36 PM 12/14/2002 +0100, you wrote: >>http://www.dpreview.com/news/0212/02121201nikondxlenses.asp >> >>They announce the development of a new line of lenses aimed at their digital >>bodies, which are all using the same format of sensor. > >I wonder if the IX lenses for APS would also work? This is probably why >IX lenses were not compatible with 35mm systems. It certainly signals that >Nikon is going to support their 24mm sensor size. If this speaks for >future cameras is still unclear. > >>Canon has just made the opposite move, designing the first full frame sensor >>for the 1Ds; > >The 1Ds is plagued with chromatic aberrations around the edges of the >frame. Film can be exposed by light coming in from any angle but CCDs and >CMOS sensors require light that is more perpendicular to the sensor. This >creates light falloff towards the edges and other aberrations. Canon has >addressed this by coming out with a lens that bends light differently for >the camera. So it seems at least on the wide angle side like you have to >buy a special digital wide angle lens. > >>Kodak has announced to postpone the first >>deliveries of its new full frame sensor body to next January instead of >>December. > >Kodak's 14 megapixel Nikon mount body has indeed been delayed due to image >quality reasons. Kodak wants to make sure it doesn't have issues when it >hits the street. > >Rob >
