[Leica] Leica x1 @ PopFlash

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

At 6:26 PM -0400 9/10/09, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>>  Without interchangeable lenses I think crop factor is irrelevant.
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>>  Mark Rabiner wrote:
>>>
>>>  The Foveon has a  1.7 crop factor.
>>>  This has a 1.5.
>>>
>>
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>When Barnack came out with the first Leica it had one lens.
>There was no 39mm thread. There was an Elmar.
>The interchangeable lens thing  came in 5 years later after a period in
>which lenses had to be calibrated individually.
>But by that time Leica photography was a reality.
>It was the camera design heard round the world.
>And compactness was the key.
>Its not obvious if interchangeable lens design was  in Barnacks head from
>the beginning or not. It seems likely not. The changing of a lens seemed as
>much an add on feature as the using of a rangefinder. Which came two years
>later in 1932.
>The Leica I ruled from 1925 to 1930 with its built in Elmar.
>http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leica-I-1.jpg
>
>In modern times the Rollei 35 and other compact quality cameras have been a
>ubiquitous big deal with serious shooters.
>But this after the year 2000 was surprisingly lacking in the digital age.
>All the small camera have had sensors which make the Minox format look big.
>And the Minox thing is not the Leica thing.
>As the Leica thing is "big pictures form small negatives" Barnack.
>And a neg that size does not a big picture make.
>As much as I love the Dlux 3 and 4 they are Panasonics not Leicas.
>With tolerances being very good but not Leica good.
>Made out of very nice plastic.
>The Leica X1 is  made of aluminum and magnesium.
>I think think the introduction of the X1 is a very big deal.
>Its as Leica like as the M9 if not more so. The impact of the X1 in the end
>will compete with the impact of the M9.
>You're going to see more of them for in use for one.
>And you're going to open a magazine or newspaper and see pictures taken with
>it.
>Anybody whose anybody is going to have one in the bottom of their camrea bag
>and be saved by it repeatedly.
>If not in their jacket pocket.


   ***Sigh***

I'll always be a nobody...

At least now I'll know why.  :-)

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