On Saturday, September 29, 2001 at 10:36, Bruce Hamm <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote on "Re: [OM] Another digital adapter," saying..
...
> It's not that Zuikos won't work on a digital body. I believe they'll
> work as well as Canon lenses work on the D30 and Nikon lenses work on
> the D1. However, lenses designed for 35mm film are not "optimal" for
> digital sensors. I believe it has something to do with the way they
> direct light towards the film plane.
...
The original Olympus diagrams explaining the difference basically
said that light going into a digital sensor (CMOS? CCD?) should go
straight into the sensor, at 90 degrees, not obliquely.
A second problem is that the sensors are very susceptible to dust
which can get in while changing lenses.
tOM
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