Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information