FW: 16mm Zenitar lens & digital cameras

[Mike Sinclair <sinclair@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Right on! 

This is what the digi-panographers have known for some time and what the
debate reiterated. 

......just trying to spur some interest in 4pi photography (besides IPIX).

-Mike-

-----Original Message-----
From: Steven Morton [mailto:Steven.Morton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2000 7:12 AM
To: panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: 16mm Zenitar lens & digital cameras


Mike Sinclair wrote:

> Remember the debate a while back about fisheye lenses on slit scan and
> digital pan cameras? I have tried it on a digital pan camera with
impressive
> results.  

Typically linear CCDs are much better for use with fisheyes than film
cameras. The slit width used in film cameras is often around 0.5 - 1mm,
while the width of a CCD sensor is only around about 5 -12 microns.
There in lies the advantage in this case of digital over film.

Cya
Steve