Quote Originally Posted by ustein
We are currently using also an Olympus E-1. This is the first digital SLR that does not use lenses made for film cameras. It uses lemses for the new 4/3 standard (time will tell whether it succeeds).

Uwe
I don't understand the comment about lenses being designed for a particular aspect ratio. It would seem to me that the lenses would be designed for a given diagonal frame dimension and wouldn't be better or worse for different aspect ratios. What am I missing?