[Leica] Re: Ansel Adam's camera

[lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin)]

On Mar 8, 2007, at 10:23 AM, Doug wrote:

> Ansel Adams said that the best camera is the biggest one you're
> willing to carry.  I'm not willing to carry a medium-format camera
> and I can carry something bigger than a 4/3-system camera.

Doug,

After Ansel Adams made his statement, several photo-technologists  
showed convincing evidence that highly corrected 35 mm camera lenses,  
using the best available fine grained film, probably Panatomic X,  
would produce prints with greater sharpness than large format  
negatives. The thrust of the argument was that the smaller circle of  
confusion of the 35 mm camera lens times the degree of enlargement  
was smaller than the circle of confusion of Ansel's 8x10 contact  
prints. Neglected were such trivia as grain size, dust spotting, and  
the inevitable loss of image quality in enlargement.

I'm confused.

Larry Z