Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] digital prints again
From: Neil Frankish <nfrnkish@tcd.ie>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 09:52:46 +0100
References: <200007191723.KAA16398@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>

I have printed negs (Sprintscan4000/1270) to A4 size from the following:
Leica
Nikon/Tokina35-70
Yashica T5
Unknown P&S

I can tell the difference.




>This is a most excellent point.   And I ask myelf many time why I keep
>using my Leicas, along with my Minoltas.  I honestly don't know, especially
>when I see the results possible with my cheap Minolta optics.
>
>Dan C.
>
>At 07:23 PM 19-07-00 +0200, you wrote:
>>
>>if you follow this argument through, it wouldn't matter much whether the
>>picture was taken with a Leica or any other brand of camera since it
>>would be quite difficult to tell one from the other if you don't look at
>>specific things such like details. Worse, if all you need for your output
>>is the web, a good P&S would do the job more easily and at a lesser cost.
>>If you don't need/want absolute image quality, why invest in Leica?
>>;-)
>>
>>Pascal
>>NO ARCHIVE
>>

Replies: Reply from Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com> (Re: [Leica] digital prints again)