On Wed, October 14, 2009 06:22, karl shah-jenner wrote: > Here and elsewhere I've heard reference to lenses being 'digital lenses' - > translation, the light exiting the rear of the lens is designed to hit the > sensor plane collimated or straight on. That, plus more attention to anti-reflection coating on the back of the lens. I think I'd have noticed, and people would notice in photos, if the distance to the subject didn't affect the image size. In fact, I think that must be some sort of error in the description. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b@xxxxxxxx; http://dd-b.net/ Snapshots: http://dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/ Photos: http://dd-b.net/photography/gallery/ Dragaera: http://dragaera.info