Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]bdcolen wrote: > > Come off it, Randy.><Snip> > And are your R series lenses better than the Nikon and Canon "pro" > series lenses? I don't know - but I'll be that under normal > circumstances, using, say 200-400 asa film, virtually no one would be > able to tell the difference given a blind test.;-) > > B. D. > That's what you've been saying for months to years BD. But a logical thought would be that those of us into R most of them are under the impression that their R glass would make such a difference. Otherwise why forsake 10 frames per second and auto focus let alone matrix metering? The feel of the R8//9? On the other hand we use the M system because we think that the glass will give us an edge and not just with 100 films but modern 400 films as well. I'd say maybe even the ultra fast films both black and white (Neopan 1600) and color (forgot what it's called). I'm sure the average ASA for an M user is 400 just like Nikon and Canon users. The R users want that same edge as the M users. I think they get it to with the bulk of what the R system has to offer. Why is Sebastian Salgado shooting with the Leica 60 instead of the Nikon? He must think it's worth his while. In the mostly 16x20 images which result. I've seen these images and right off was glad i was into the whole Leica thing because I felt strongly the Leica aspect as really making a difference in these images. It's again what I call oversampling stealing a term from audio. Two systems are out of balance. There is much more information in one than there is the other. It is silly for one system to filter the other. But it works out surprisingly well anyway. Glass has much higher res then the film? All the better to pick out the relevant information to put on that film. A better image results. In other words the film does not get every thing the lens sees. But what it ends up getting is better than it would end up getting if it had an inferior or mediocre lens projecting and up side down image on it. I'm somehow reminded of a basic rule in theatre. Never talk down to your audience. They always know it. Let them rise to the occasion. I think of this as cultural oversampling. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabinergroup.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html