How come Canon Nikon and Sony NEX lenses are big while Panasonic and Leica...

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George Washington

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...lenses are smaller? I thought it has to do with the sensor size and the fact that there is no flipping mirror but the Leica has a huge sensor but still a small lens and the NEX has a large sensor and no flipping mirror yet a big lens. How does it work? Im just curious.
It all makes sense except for Leica really.
 
There is more room inside a Leica, because there is no mirror in the way. In the Sony with "no flipping mirror" (the funniest thing I've read here in a month) there is still a mirror. It's just a "see through" design so it doesn't have to flip. Anyhow, it has the same amount of room inside as any other DSLRS.
 
Great question. The Nikon, Canon, etc are DSLR. They have a mirror in them that is used to see through the lens. The Leica is not DSLR (digital single lens reflex) and therefore the physics of the lenses affords the Leica, the ability to use smaller lenses. The Leica is built on a "rangefinder" concept. You don't actually see through the camera's lens, both through a viewfinder. Not sure about the Panasonic.
 
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