Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/17

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Was Medium format camera (now pit-bull arena)
From: Isaac Crawford <isaac@visi.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 13:17:53 -0400
References: <NABBLIJOIFAICKBIEPJJAEKEJCAA.darkroom@ix.netcom.com>

Austin Franklin wrote:
> 
> > >>>> > B. The larger format meant less likelihood of
> > blurring the
> > >>>> > picture at slow shutter speeds from camera movement.
> > >
> > >>> I don't understand how that follows?
> >
> > Yeah, it's one of those things you have to experience to
> > understand.
> 
> That physically and logically makes no sense.  Please explain how larger
> film size has anything to do with blurring.

	I think the idea is that since you do not have to enlarge as much to
get the same size, slight blur will be less noticable... In my
experiance, the more limited DOF more than makes up for that
"advantage"...:-)


Isaac

In reply to: Message from "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com> (RE: [Leica] Was Medium format camera (now pit-bull arena))