Digital BW, The Print

Hi Peter,

> >> I don't know why a special "digital" lens has to be built, though.
> >> It smells awfully fishy to me.
> >
> > Because the MTF of the lense is matched to the sensor.  Schneider
> > wrote a very comprehensive paper on this.  Go to their web site and
> > find it, and read it.  If you don't understand it, let me know and
> > I'll do the best I can to help.
> 
> ...and also to produce a lighter, smaller, cheaper wide angle lens (I'm
> talking about the 12-24mm zoom) that is designed to cover the small
> CCD rather than the whole 35mm frame.

I was not aware from that.  Are you sure?

Regards,

Austin