Sony A1 Complete Disassembly and Teardown

Re:Sony A1 Complete Disassembly and Teardown by asdfasgasdgasdg on Sunday March 06, 2022 @05:42PM (#30582020)

I said, "most of the rest of the form is constrained by physics and ergonomics," and that still seems true? At a minimum, if digital camera construction has substantially changed the constraints on lenses, this fact has not led to a significant change in their overall form, to the best of my knowledge. If digital sensors substantially changed the physical possibilities, then perhaps it is ergonomics preventing them from changing.

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Re:Sony A1 Complete Disassembly and Teardown by astrange on Sunday March 06, 2022 @06:12PM (#30582226)

You can see a comparison at the top here:

https://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/rangefinder-vs-slr.htm

Sony sells wide angle "pancake" lenses that beat the ones for SLRs at compactness:

https://www.backscatter.com/Sony-E-20mm-f-2.8-Pancake-Lens

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/12082-USA/Canon_2509A...

Though there's some small SLR lenses too, I think they distort more or it takes longer to figure out the optics - not an expert there.

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Re:Sony A1 Complete Disassembly and Teardown by asdfasgasdgasdg on Sunday March 06, 2022 @09:55PM (#30583729)

Ken is mistaken about the size comparison, at least between that Leica and the Canon lens. The Canon is a wide zoom. Zooms with autofocus are of course going to be much larger than a manual focus, slow 21mm prime. (That prime is 3x as expensive, two stops slower, and lacking an autofocus motor compared to Sony's similar offering: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1126141-REG/sony_sel0....)

I will also note that pancake lenses have been around since the sixties and I believe that there were pancake lenses compatible with DSLR lens mounts.

Suffice it to say I'm not sure I can say I am convinced DSLR optics are disadvantageous vs. mirrorless optics. I wish Ken would cite some sources because on Google his claim is the first and only relevant one document that turns up for a few pages.

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