Okay Karl, you can explain that to the Department of Defense that installs lenses on their satilites for digital imaging. I got my information from the lens designer while working in a photo gallery in Carmel. Go well. S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "karl shah-jenner" <shahjen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 8:11 PM Subject: Re: Digital lens question > > Steve Shapiro: > > > You are correct, in so much as that some digital cameras are made to > > accomodate standard lenses. But the digital camera captures light as it > > falls on the chip, rather than a film plane. The lense for this kind of > > camera projects the light in parallel rather than in a difusing pattern. > > > > I believe the original question was 'what is the difference . . .' > > > Steve this is not true, lenses used on cameras focus light, they neither > diffuse it nor render it parallel. > > > > > k > > >
