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Subject: [OM] Re: Another game changing design
From: Jez Cunningham <jez.cunningham@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 12:07:27 +0100
Hi Peter,

Big aperture is not so difficult with a small sensor.  This Sony dual lens
thing has:

Minimum aperture wide f2.8
Minimum aperture tele f4.4

(according to spec published at:
http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/camera/specification/1150/show.html)

br
Jez

On 1/4/06, Peter Leyssens <peterleyssens@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Andrew Fildes wrote:
> > Interesting that it's easier/cheaper to provide two lenses and two
> > sensors than to design or provide one zoom lens that goes down that
> > far! Nice move - i hope it catches on!
>
> Nice move ?  I can think of many reasons why I don't like it, but the
> main one is that 2 lenses will by definition be slower than one.  One
> 23mm and one 35-105 will never be f2.8 in pocketable cameras.
>
> Peter.
>
>

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