Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Quite so. A recent review of the new Canon 50D pointed out that overall resolution was not really improved over tha 40D, and the real world results very little better or worse due to lens and noise reduction limitations. But I have been told so very often digital sensors are still miles behind film....... ;-P --- On Sat, 1/11/08, wildlightphoto@earthlink.net <wildlightphoto@earthlink.net> wrote: > From: wildlightphoto@earthlink.net <wildlightphoto@earthlink.net> > Subject: Re: [Leica] R10 news > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Saturday, 1 November, 2008, 1:27 PM > A. Lal wrote: > > >I had a chance to speak to Ms. Harbets at the Leica > booth at NY Photo-Expo > >last week. I'd be very surprised if the R 10 goes > on sale before the next > >Photokina. By then C, N and S will probably have 30 > meg sensors in their > >top bodies. Not sure what Leica need to compete. > > C, N and S will need to revamp much of their lens lineup in > order to take advantage of 30MP sensors. Early results from > the 5DII suggest that its sensor is overkill for many of the > EF lenses. Absent a completely new set of lenses, C, N and > S will do better to address bit depth and DR deficiencies. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information