Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/28

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Subject: [Leica] Leica D lens 4/3rds question.
From: len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)
Date: Wed Nov 28 06:12:23 2007
References: <C37283A4.7814C%mark@rabinergroup.com>

I know a photographer who has a client that still insists on  
Hasselblad negatives or chromes. He has a beautiful Canon setup but  
ended up buying a used Hassy for this client only. For his sake I  
hope they pay well.

Len


On Nov 28, 2007, at 2:32 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote:

> In the older day we could have used half frame or Minox cameras to  
> shoot
> assignments which would result in 80 100 dot halftone screens and  
> no one
> would be the wiser in the end. We didn't'. It was rare to non  
> existent.
> Why? One reason is we'd have to hand in an 8x10 print for  
> reproduction and
> THAT would have to look good.
> We don't do that now. They in effect work from the negative.
> So people go "if the equipments of reproduction are such and such  
> why do we
> need such a big sensor?"
> Greed.
> Vanity.
> Some day we're going to hang 11x14 or 11x17 or 17x22 prints on the  
> wall.
> And they're going to look like poo poo and we're going to regret  
> that we
> aimed so low. What's the big advantage to shooting a format with a  
> camera no
> smaller or handier?
> Image stabilizing is not it if we want that we have lots of lenses  
> to choose
> from  in normal 35mm 1.5 crop systems.
> Which are in effect half frame. Very close.
> 4/3's is half that.
> So 4/3's is half half. I'd say that's biting off a little more than  
> we need
> bit off if they're not going to be a reason.
>
> In the 90s I saw lots of overkill.
> People using medium format to really knock their socks off.
> They didn't need to. They did it anyway. It paid off in the end in  
> all kinds
> of ways.
> Now its digital everybody's a photographer I see people cutting major
> corners on their technique with nothing but glib reasons..
> I think its a shame.
> I think the time will be soon when we're wincing when we think of  
> the size
> of the sensor on the M8. As the one on the m9 will be twice the  
> size. And
> we'll be wanting to be using that or already will be.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Mark William Rabiner
> markrabiner.com
>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Leica D lens 4/3rds question.)