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EF lenses and the Mirrorless future

Started Sep 15, 2016 | Polls thread
RDKirk Forum Pro • Posts: 16,547
Re: EF lenses and the Mirrorless future

StefanD wrote:


Then it will be very interesting to see if the shorter flange distance will indeed lead to better and/or cheaper lenses.

It hasn't yet, and there's no reason that it should.  Theoretically, wide angle lenses should be simpler in design, but "simpler in design" meant "cheaper" back when lenses were designed with slide rules.

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