As I understand, a lot of the problems with chromatic abberations caused by light striking the chip at less than 90deg a have been quite nicely addressed by chip design, lens optical design and software. I believe that the new Zuikos 'talk' to the camera so that there are some software fixes in there too and the image capture is optimised for the individual lens fitted. It is possible that this line of development will continue, making larger and denser chips possible and cheap. Look back 5 years and consider what was considered remarkable then. (I'm still bewildered by how much a tiny SD card can hold!) I'm still wondering why they didn't solve this problem by just slightly, parabolically, curving the chip.
Some of the Olynuts believe that they have found an adaptor for the old manual lenses listed on the E1 accessory list (MA-1?) but may be disappointed with the results. But then, some of them are already using an OM to EOS adaptor to use rare Zuikos.
AndrewF
Le 18.9.2003 23:32, « andrew fildes » <afildes@netlink.com.au> a écrit :
What worries me about the small sensor issue is that the next step in digital photography is likely to be the reduction of this speed problem. Those like Oly who go the small sensor route may find themselves overtaken by a new generation of full frame or even oversize fast chips and if the new lenses are optimised for 4/3 and can't migrate to a new large chip body......the horror!
I don't really think so, because there is an issue with the angle of the light falling on the sensors; the bigger the sensor, the steeper that angle at the edges of the sensor.. Many reviews I've read concerning the Olympus seems to think that this was a good move and will be the future. The same road has been taken by Nikon designing new digital lenses with a smaller circle of coverage for smaller sensor. I think this is a trend which will persists and cameras like the Canon 1Ds will be considered as our actual medium format bodies. They are already delivering pictures as good as actual medium format scans. And their size and weight is also nearing that of medium format.
-- Christiane
