Re: interchangeable lenses vs. fixed focal length

[Bill Glickman <bglick@xxxxxxxx>]

>From my experience, yes and no.  Yes if you do not tweak the interchangeable
camera so its near perfect.  No, if you masterfully tweak your lenses.  One
major benefit often overlooked with interchangeable lens cameras like the
220 VR is that MF lenses are designed to be shot at wide apt., while the LF
lenses used on the fixed fl cameras produce their sharpest images at small
apt. like f16 and higher.  This can make for some very long exposures....
not uncommon for me to see 30  minutes to an hour during sunset shots at 180
Deg. with 200 ISO film...

Bill G


----- Original Message -----
From: "Katherine Enos" <enos@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2000 11:34 AM
Subject: interchangeable lenses vs. fixed focal length


> 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?
>