Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/06

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Subject: [Leica] 75 'cron
From: richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard)
Date: Sun Feb 6 00:08:39 2005
References: <000001c50bf6$8eac15f0$6501a8c0@dorysrusp4> <NEBBJDFBIKOBILIKPPBNAENFBDAB.red735i@earthlink.net>
 
Frank, from people who shoot Leica R lens on Canon bodies, and R-D1 users 
such as myself, the experience is that the glass does still seem to matter. 
Do you have any studies or experience showing otherwise?

At 08:37 PM 2/5/2005, Frank Filippone wrote:

>Don, I agree 100%.  It is a waste of time and R+D.
>
>I also love the 75.  But as opposed to many on this list ( and I may be the
>ONLY one that believes this) the Leica optics will not be the same when put
>in front of a digital sensor compared to film.  They are going to be
>different, and  may be considerably blah when compared to the others'
>optics.  i.e., and my specific belief, that digital images are created in
>firmware/software.  The lens is one of the least important parts of the
>image capture/ image creation chain.  Super optics or just plain good optics
>could look the same.

// richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please 
use richard at imagecraft.com)
In reply to: Message from dorysrus at mindspring.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] 75 'cron)
Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] 75 'cron)