Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Many of them are using full frame now, but not all. They get much better quality than they ever did with film whilst carrying a camera no bigger than they used to. Don't forget that the Nikon 500 f4 is like a 750mm on a D2x, but -much- smaller... Frank On 12 Sep, 2009, at 09:33, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> My impression is that in terms of quality currently available cropped >> format digital is better in most conditions that 35mm film, "Full >> format" digital better than MF and MF digital than 5x4 (4x5 in >> USA). I >> say in most conditions since I am sure experts can come up with >> circumstances favouring film. >> I would not worry too much about available formats nowadays. if 35mm >> film was good enough for what you are doing, the latest 4/3 digital >> would equally suffice, if you used a Hasselblad, try a Nikon D3x, and >> for landscapes some specialists are going MF digital, though the >> technical requirements to achieve the superior potential are exigent, >> as per the links I posted the other month. >> Sure bigger format is better as it always has been, but the relative >> requirements have changed. >> The Minox with its 8x11 mm bit of film is dire compared to P&S >> digital >> with sensors smaller than this, despite its precision. >> Frank > > > Frank all those photographers you have known all these years from > the races > as that's what they shoot for a living that you are in touch with > how many > are not shooting full frame? Is this something that you would be > aware of? > > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information