Originally posted by TaoMaas
Eh...I'm not so convinced of this, having seen MX and ME full frame film cameras and the Limited lenses. I think it's a problem. Not sure how 'huge' it is.
Compared to a camera with a Flange Focal Distance of 17.7 or 18mm (Fuji or NEX, which were the cameras mentioned), it's huge - 27mm bigger, 150% bigger. This is why Sony/Fuji/Oly/Nikon/Canon all elected to go with new mounts in the 17-19mm range for MILCs.
As for the MX and ME bodies, their sensor thickness is essentially 0, and their main circuit board is about the size of a SD card. If you moved the nose forward several mm so that a SR-less main board with a sensor could go behind the shutter and across the back, put a battery on the side where the film takeup reel and clockwork are, and stuffed the AF motor, SD card reader, I/O jacks, and any other electronics in the film cavity (tight, but do-able), you'd basically have what I said - a Fuji with a big snoot, without in-body image stabilization.