Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > >