Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/10

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Subject: [Leica] Nikon D2X review
From: scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin)
Date: Tue May 10 00:16:40 2005
References: <051020050059.12150.428007650006238400002F762200761438040C02019C990E04@com cast.net> <p06210203bea5b9231399@[192.168.1.100]>

I wouldn't go that far. I'd say Bjorn does a great job on his Nikkor lens
reviews and that these are taken pretty seriously in the Nikon community.
FWIW.

B. D. Colen wrote:

> Don't know what the answer is to your riddle, nor do I know if the D2X 
> is or isn't the greatest thing since sliced pixels - but what I've 
> seen of Bijorn's "reviews" suggest that to ask if he is to Nikon as 
> Erwin is to Leica is to really insult Erwin. Which is to say that I'd 
> guess Bijorn has love letters to Nikon tattooed all over parts of his 
> body none of us would want to see. ;-)
>
> B. D.
>
>
>
>> , riddle me this:
>>
>> If the D2X's standard crop (from full-frame 35mm) is 1.5X at 12mp, 
>> does the crop factor, relative to angle of view, change when the 
>> busting-my-hump speed/buffer selection is made and images are cropped 
>> by 50% to 6MP?
>>
>> If so, am I now working with a 3X crop factor? Does my 100mm lens now 
>> cover the real estate of a 200mm? Somehow, that doesn't very DSLR 
>> pro-ish.  I'm sure there's some arcane, mathematical explanation. And 
>> anything much beyond 2+2=whatever is arcane for me.
>>
>> Also, is Bjorn to Nikon as Irwin is to Leica?
>>
>> I am gratified to read that Bjorn declares the D2X "...a pinnacle in 
>> terms of imaging achievement...." Not merely the best for that 
>> particular instant in time when he tested it, but the bestest of the 
>> best above which there can be no betterment. A pinnacle.
>>
>> Anybody wanna' buy a bunch of Canon and Leica crap? On Friday, of 
>> course.
>>
>> Well, wait. With regard the "pinnacle," Bjorn did add, "...not every 
>> photographer will be able to scale that obstacle."
>>
>> Oh, it's an "obstacle?" Never mind.
>>
>> -Chris Lawson
>>
>>
>>>  http://www.naturfotograf.com/D2X_rev00.html
>>>  Review and comparison with Canon,s 1DS MK.II .
>>>  Found the wide angle lens difference discussion
>>>  http://www.naturfotograf.com/D2X_rev06.html#top_page
>>>  very interesting
>>>  best,simon jessurun,amsterdam
>>>
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