Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/24

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Subject: Digital M/Digital Rebel was Re: [Leica] Lost Faith in Leica
From: jonathan at openhealth.org (Jonathan Borden)
Date: Fri Sep 24 10:30:13 2004
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Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> I am not really arguing with you. Of course I would prefer 11 or 16 
> megapixels to the 6 I get with the 10D. I simply wanted to say that 
> better lenses make better pictures, whether on film or digital. And my 
> conclusion is based on RAW files, no sharpened JPEGs. I treat my 
> digital images more or less the same (in PS) as I do film scans, 
> meaning that I keep manipulation to a minimum.***
>
Fair enough :-) I think we are in general agreement... Indeed it occurs 
to me that with a relatively low resolution sensor -- perhaps either 
35mm film, or moderately low pixel count digital people may need to 
obsess more over the quality of the lens, and with a high resolution 
sensor e.g. 8x10 film or 22 mp etc., the quality of the lens becomes 
less important?

Jonathan

*** of course without the ability to digitally manipulate, digital 
becomes far less interesting to me.

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