I made some measurments of the inner rim of various mounts.
Canon EOS =54mm
Contax C-Y =48mm
Nikon F =47mm
Leica R =50mm
I also made some measurments of the diameter of area involved in light transmission of the rear lens element of some lenses.
Contax C-Y 85mm 1.2 =34mm
Contax C-Y 21mm 2.8 =21mm
Zeiss Ikon 15mm 2.8 =12mm
Nikon F mount is the smallest because of historic reason. It was designed long time ago when lenses did not have large apertures and electronic contacts. Nikon F mount is fully capable of producing a full frame image as it has been doing so for many years.
For wide angle lenses the area of light transmission of the rear elements is small compared to the size of the mount, so all the mounts are big enough and will cause no restriction to the wide angle lenses.
Contax N system terminated because of poor sale of film equipments, certainly not because of poor design of mount or lenses.
Canon EOS =54mm
Contax C-Y =48mm
Nikon F =47mm
Leica R =50mm
I also made some measurments of the diameter of area involved in light transmission of the rear lens element of some lenses.
Contax C-Y 85mm 1.2 =34mm
Contax C-Y 21mm 2.8 =21mm
Zeiss Ikon 15mm 2.8 =12mm
Nikon F mount is the smallest because of historic reason. It was designed long time ago when lenses did not have large apertures and electronic contacts. Nikon F mount is fully capable of producing a full frame image as it has been doing so for many years.
For wide angle lenses the area of light transmission of the rear elements is small compared to the size of the mount, so all the mounts are big enough and will cause no restriction to the wide angle lenses.
Contax N system terminated because of poor sale of film equipments, certainly not because of poor design of mount or lenses.