Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Does this opinion hold for B&W?? At 04:28 AM 9/12/2009, you 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 > >On 12 Sep, 2009, at 08:32, Mark Rabiner wrote: > >>> >>>However, the stuff about price is pretty much spot on. When the M8 >>>was >>>released in late 2006, the list price was around 4800 EUR if I >>>remember correctly. When I finally bought mine late last year, the >>>price after rebate was around 2500 EUR (2140 GBP to be precise, I >>>bought mine in the UK). >>> >>>Nathan >> >> >>What you may not be considering is the demise of cropped format >>digital >>photography for high end "35mm" work. >>You don't spend Leica M money unless you are planning of having the >>option >>of doing high end work with it. Those options became limited in the >>past >>year or so. >> >> >>Mark William Rabiner >> >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information