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Re: interchangeable lenses vs. fixed focal length

  • From: Alan Zinn <azinn@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: interchangeable lenses vs. fixed focal length
  • Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2000 10:14:11 -0400
At 09:16 AM 7/2/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>At 11:34 AM 7/1/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>>Do rotational cameras that use one fixed focal length lens tend to achieve
>>higher quality (sharpness over the entire film plane?) than those that are
>>made to take lenses of numerous focal lengths?
>>
>>
>
>Katherine,

>Each make of lens is mounted a specific distance from the focal plane. That
>is user adjustable on the Lookaround but no other camera.  

OOPS! Big Lie! Forgot about the $10K Roundshot.  Lookaround is the only
inexpensive camera that... blah, blah blah.

AZ

New Minneapols pans 6/30/00
Lookaround Panoramic Camera and Gallery:
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/8874/

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 http://www.st-abbs.fsnet.co.uk/vagabond/

Where's the camera? http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/8874/passcam.html