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The papers I've seen pretty much assume that you use a sensor off axis for wide angle. There are supposedly some rather fast diffraction limited ~f2 designs out there but they are strictly industrial (maybe not even built yet). Since I've gotten into tilt shift lenses I realized that I do alot less stopping down, so I justified it that way. Its the cheapest way I can think of to build a hyper-spectral lens. Personally I probably wouldn't use an IR or UV lens that often but I do think it would be enough of a standout feature to make the camera sell and entice software support.
My big thing is that I really think we have plenty of resolution for most things but I'd like to see more interesting color pallets from sensors and spur more variety in the way we process images. That was the thinking of the camera. Silly color and silly high speed at the front in an interesting package. Having recently seen digital x-ray sensors in actual use at a hospital I really think that thin film sensors may not be all that far off. There are many more Display manufacturers (as far as I can tell) than image sensor manufacturers so that was the direction that I took.
Also I think that mirror lenses can be cool and would love to see the weird ones in existence. Of course thats from reading dissertations and scholarly articles about mirror lens design, it looks possible but I'm not an optical engineer.
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