Firsty
Member
This interesting patent first filed about a year ago
http://www.petapixel.com/2012/09/27/epson-patent-shows-a-camera-that-uses-a-tiny-lens-to-recognize-old-lenses/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29
http://www.petapixel.com/2012/09/27/epson-patent-shows-a-camera-that-uses-a-tiny-lens-to-recognize-old-lenses/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29
GaryLH
Veteran
Rube Goldberg 
Warranty claims off of that swing out arm will wipe out any profit.
But thanks for posting
Gary
Warranty claims off of that swing out arm will wipe out any profit.
But thanks for posting
Gary
farlymac
PF McFarland
I sure their engineers could design a bump-out with the camera in it, instead of that swing arm. But like the article said, there's no guarantee Epson will pursue this.
PF
PF
crispy12
Well-known
My old Minolta 202 had this "feature" too. I could see both the shutter speeds and aperture reading in the viewfinder!
bugmenot
Well-known
Heck, the longest produced SLR in history, the Nikon F3 has this feature too, with both aperture and shutter speed displayed in digits in the viewfinder. though aperture appears "optically". People with Nikon cameras will understand.
I think Epson was thinking specifically Leica/Zeiss/Voigtlander M lenses that have no aperture information communicated on the fly, nor do they have easy lens identification (except for the recently 6-bit coded lenses). In that case, the patent is quite interesting.
GaryLH
Veteran
The f3 bump out was well protected and hardly noticeable compared to this weird swing arm arrangement. I have an f3 and an f4.
Gary
FrozenInTime
Well-known
That is so cool
I guess a more practical guise would be a shot shoe mounted mini go-pro like device that recorded the lens and scene - damn now I've discussed it I can't patent the idea.
I guess a more practical guise would be a shot shoe mounted mini go-pro like device that recorded the lens and scene - damn now I've discussed it I can't patent the idea.
bugmenot
Well-known
You are certainly right. That bump-out is downright bizarre. I didn't really look carefully at the patent, and just read the article.
Firsty
Member
My main reason for posting this was the fact the R&D at Epson are still working on rangefinders and Ideas to modernise them. which may bode well for a new range finder
maybe the long wanted RD-2
PS. not sure this is a good idea in this form as it looks to fragile
maybe the long wanted RD-2
PS. not sure this is a good idea in this form as it looks to fragile
GaryLH
Veteran
My main reason for posting this was the fact the R&D at Epson are still working on rangefinders and Ideas to modernise them. which may bode well for a new range finder
maybe the long wanted RD-2
PS. not sure this is a good idea in this form as it looks to fragile
Yes I would agree that it would appear that they are thinking...
Out of curiosity, what was msrp of the last version of rd 1 and last year it was made..
Gary
GaryLH
Veteran
You are certainly right. That bump-out is downright bizarre. I didn't really look carefully at the patent, and just read the article.
No problem.. I've done that before
Gary
I think it was $3000.