Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think part of the problem is with the lenses. Digital image capture shows up every flaw and limitation in a lens. Obviously if you are only using the center of a lens that was designed to cover a receptor bigger than the capture device it is sitting in front of you are going to get good results. It would be very interesting to see a comparison of some Leica glass vs. the equivalent Nikon/Canon lenses. I wonder if some of the problems we are seeing is due to the glass. feli On Jun 5, 2005, at 9:46 AM, Robert Meier wrote: > Phil Askey makes some other points about the smaller sensor that are > important: that image quality with a smaller sensor is considerably > better because of two things -- the lens is not as good near the edges > and those edges are not used with an APS-size sensor, and the nature > of the chip is that chromatic aberations increase at the edges of a > larger sensor with the more oblique angle of light from wide angle > lenses. I think these considerations go into his great enthusiam for > the D2X. And he may be right -- less than a full 24x36mm sensor > might well be optimum. > > Bob > > >> >> As for APS size chips, I think we have just seen the high water mark >> of that format with the >> D2x. Noise at anything above 800 is simply going to be higher than >> with a x1.3 or FF chip >> and the only way to combat it is with a aggressive filter, which >> kills detail. Personally I think >> the future belongs to x1.3 and full frame chips. >> >> >> feli >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________________________________ >> feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 www.elanphotos.com >> >> >> no archive >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > ________________________________________________________ feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 www.elanphotos.com no archive