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<blockquote data-quote="Amin" data-source="post: 1010" data-attributes="member: 1">There are a couple ways in which the quoted comments make no sense, but I think the intent behind them makes some sense.&nbsp; First, the contradictions: 1) 35mm format Leica lenses do not render light at greater angles to MFT sensors than they do to 35mm format sensors.&nbsp; Quite the opposite is true.&nbsp; The reason for the better Leica lens edge performance on Leica M bodies than MFT bodies is that the Leica M bodies have specially designed CCD sensors, made to deal with light incident at those angles, and also because the software is designed to automatically correct the light falloff and color inaccuracies associated with those light issues. 2) It's not at all &quot;about the ratios&quot;.&nbsp; A Leica lens passes light in an image circle, not a 3:2 rectangle, so it has nothing to do with the ratios.For Leica to get deeply involved (beyond rebranding) in MFT and maintain high image quality, they'd either have to design lenses for the format or have a custom made sensor to deal with their current lenses.&nbsp; I can see how they might conclude that neither of those is a very profitable direction to take considering their limited resources and current ability to sell all the M9 bodies they can make.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Amin, post: 1010, member: 1"] There are a couple ways in which the quoted comments make no sense, but I think the intent behind them makes some sense. First, the contradictions: 1) 35mm format Leica lenses do not render light at greater angles to MFT sensors than they do to 35mm format sensors. Quite the opposite is true. The reason for the better Leica lens edge performance on Leica M bodies than MFT bodies is that the Leica M bodies have specially designed CCD sensors, made to deal with light incident at those angles, and also because the software is designed to automatically correct the light falloff and color inaccuracies associated with those light issues. 2) It's not at all "about the ratios". A Leica lens passes light in an image circle, not a 3:2 rectangle, so it has nothing to do with the ratios. For Leica to get deeply involved (beyond rebranding) in MFT and maintain high image quality, they'd either have to design lenses for the format or have a custom made sensor to deal with their current lenses. I can see how they might conclude that neither of those is a very profitable direction to take considering their limited resources and current ability to sell all the M9 bodies they can make. [/QUOTE]

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