Mamiya ZD preview

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http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/prodt [...] 1000939357


Wouldn't this be interesting?

"On the bottom of the unit is a slot for the interchangeable low pass
filter, sure to be a hotly discussed feature. The photographer will be
able to simply pop the filter out of the camera depending on their
shooting needs, and there is some unconfirmed talk that the body might
also feature a removable IR filter as well. (There’s no physical
evidence to bolster that in this prototype, but it would sure make a
lot of film-based IR photographers happy.)"

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On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 06:06:27 -0500, David Dyer-Bennet <dd-b@dd-b.net>
wrote:

>RichA <none@none.com> writes:
>
>> http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/prodt [...] 1000939357
>>
>>
>> Wouldn't this be interesting?
>>
>> "On the bottom of the unit is a slot for the interchangeable low pass
>> filter, sure to be a hotly discussed feature. The photographer will be
>> able to simply pop the filter out of the camera depending on their
>> shooting needs, and there is some unconfirmed talk that the body might
>> also feature a removable IR filter as well. (There’s no physical
>> evidence to bolster that in this prototype, but it would sure make a
>> lot of film-based IR photographers happy.)"
>
>Yes, this would be interesting. Well, I'm not sure about the AA
>(low-pass) filter. I'm sure about the IR filter. I still want a
>removable Bayer as well -- but I recognize the problems in aligning a
>removable one adequately with the sensor, so I probably don't get it.

It could be done, but a repeatable system made for the average user
would cost way too much.
-Rich