Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I wasn't suggesting using one of the regular digicams. I meant build a lens onto the Epson body. -dan c. At 06:52 PM 12-11-04 +0000, Frank Dernie wrote: >The trouble is, Dan, that all the digital cameras with built in zooms >have minuscule sensors which in no way compete with 35mm film. The >excellent ones are quite good at low iso settings but none are as good >as the large sensor ones in poor light. >To get a digital sensor which can compete with 35mm film you need one >of the SLRs or the Epson. >Frank > > >On 12 Nov, 2004, at 15:39, Dan C wrote: > >> So having all of these fancy Leica optics really isn't an incentive >> for me >> to want to buy this camera, and let's face it, 6mp really isn't large >> enough to take the best advantage of Leica lenses in the first place. >> Any >> decent lens would likely suffice. And if I'm limited to using only 2 >> of my >> 8 lenses, perhaps I'd be better served by a camera with a builtin zoom >> lens. >> >> -dan c. >> >> At 03:27 PM 12-11-04 +0000, Ian Watts wrote: >>> Dan C. wrote: >>>> >>>> You caution against using wide angles lenses, and reports are that >>>> the >>>> rangefinder isn't accurate enough for long focal length lenses. That >>>> doesn't leave too much left to use with the camera. >>>> >>> >>> >>> That's only true if you think that using lenses in the range 35-90 >>> (in 35mm >>> film terms) is not of much use. Personally speaking, I shoot virtually >>> nothing other than lenses in this range - with the majority shot by >>> the 50 >>> (all in 35mm terms). Using the 35 and 50 lenses on the RD-1 provides >>> similar >>> coverage to what I have had with the 50 and 90 on my Leica M's. My >>> seldom >>> used 24 Elmarit can now start to earn it's keep and stand duty as my >>> wide-normal (35-ish focal length equivalent). As I have never felt >>> the need >>> to shoot a 135 on a rangefinder, I am not concerned that the RD-1 may >>> not be >>> ideal for focussing my 90. Similarly, as I rarely, if ever, shoot >>> anything >>> wider than 35 (in normal film terms), I'm not going to lose sleep >>> over the >>> fact that the RD-1 is not the ideal shooting tool for wide lenses. >>> >>> Ian Watts. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> mailto:i.watts@virgin.net >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >