Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, I started digital with the Canon D30, a 1.6x factor camera, then the D60 same crop, then the 1D a 1.3x factor. I finally moved to the 5D, a no crop factor camera. I liked the 1D fine until I got the 5D. I immediately began o shoot most things with the 5D even though the camera interface and handling drove me bat shit simply because my lenses were "correct" again. My 16-35 was a 16-35, not a 21 to whatever. I have been shoooting long enough that when I want a certain effect I grab a lens to get it...with a crop camera I can not always get that effect. Earlier this year I sold my 5D, 1DII and bought a 1DsIII...that was the best move I have made in cameras in the digital age...that 1DsIII is simply the best camera I have ever used. The files are stunning, the cameras handling is awesome, the shutter lag is negligible. Now having said all that I am not so sure the crop factor on the M will bother me...simply because I have always shot differently with the M than I do with the SLRs. On SLR I never liked the 50, or 28 focal lengths. On the M they are my favorites. The 1.3x crop I feel is a pretty good compromise between the sensors sizes. 1,5 or 6 is too small, and the full 35mm size can lead to problems with certain lenses. For me and the M the most important thing is LOW NOISE to have a camera in this day and age with poor high ISO is unforgivable, esp in a system that has always been the be all and end all to available light photography. Mark Rabiner wrote: > > I think must of us on this list are FFers. > I'd love a survey. > or if many of us "weighed in". -- Harrison McClary Harrison McClary Photography harrison@mcclary.net http://www.mcclary.net ImageStockSouth - Stock Photography http://www.imagestocksouth.com Tobacco Road: Personal Blog: http://www.mcclary.net/blog