Yes, some company has adapted the 35-80/2.8 for use on a studio-based
digital camera. (I can't remember which company. They showed up Ebay for
sale.)
Contax's recently introduced N-Digital SLR has a 24x36mm CCD, the industry's
first. Pentax backed out of it's comittment to market such a camera, wisely
preferring to remain in the digital P&S market (THey'd have gotten crushed
there). Expect to see Canon, Nikon, and perhaps Olympus in that game soon.
Actually, it's a bit surprising that Contax/Kyocera was the first out of the
gate with such a product. There must be more to that story than we are
told.
Expected price of the N-Digital: ~$6,500 in Japan.
Skip
From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] Digital Camera that takes OM lenses
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 09:23:26 -0800
Wasn't there a flurry of discussion on the list about a year ago
about a 3d party digital camera that used an OM 35-80/3.8 lens? Is it
still going? Was the lens removable?
I really think that when CCDs of decent quality and low price and
size approximating a 35mm film frame in size are achieved you will
see some enterprising company producing digital backs for all kinds
of film based system cameras. We are just not in the economic window
yet. And don't expect it to be cheap. Look at the price of a
Polaroid back.
--
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California
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