01-02-2015, 04:22 PM
The current mirrorless players are overspending on R&D right now - i.e losing money for the sake of getting out a product line or advancement quickly. They cannot sustain their current spending indefinately,and 'starting over' with a new mount would be very poorly thought out.
My comment was pointed towards the shift towards mirrorless cameras from 45mm-odd flange distance SLRs to 15-20mm-odd flange mirrorless mounts.
@Klaus,
If the designers of the wide-angles were more skilled the flange distance would not present a problem. Rearside telecentric design eliminates any angle of incidence problems with the sensor. The 'issue' is that that requires being smart/very well educated in lens design, and starting from scratch at first order then moving to third order and finally actually completing the design. That doesn't fit with at least one of the constraints imposed by most of the mirrorless manufactures.
My comment was pointed towards the shift towards mirrorless cameras from 45mm-odd flange distance SLRs to 15-20mm-odd flange mirrorless mounts.
@Klaus,
If the designers of the wide-angles were more skilled the flange distance would not present a problem. Rearside telecentric design eliminates any angle of incidence problems with the sensor. The 'issue' is that that requires being smart/very well educated in lens design, and starting from scratch at first order then moving to third order and finally actually completing the design. That doesn't fit with at least one of the constraints imposed by most of the mirrorless manufactures.