sebboh wrote:
oh, i thought he was talking about some fixed lens camera that i wasn\'t aware of with a vario elmar. the R version of that lens sure isn\'t small. it would be a lot bigger than what the XV has if it were just scaled down to 1.5x (sony/nikon aps-c not canon ) even without adding AF. moving it closer to the sensor plane is different than a straight rescaling and that\'s where a complete redesign becomes an order.
The Leica-R 35-70/4 is 79mm long, plus ~44mm to the focal plane. Scale that combination down by 1.6x, and you\'ve got a total depth of 77mm. Isn\'t the X Vario ~94mm deep (plenty of extra room for sensor+screen)? And, of course, a straight scaling is the worst case for the least you can do; with the flexibility for a complete redesign without mirror clearance, you should be able to get even smaller with zero compromise (even improvement) in image quality.
Jun 14, 2013 at 07:49 PM
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) even without adding AF. moving it closer to the sensor plane is different than a straight rescaling and that\'s where a complete redesign becomes an order.