Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]2009-12-08-18:18:31 Mark Rabiner: > > This "M9" thing is funny. It has a focal length multiplier of 0.75 > > compared to a nice normal M8-sized sensor. > > > > -Jeff > > > Not just a number fraction Jeff try being a working photographer with a > crop > factor They'll laugh you out of the room. > > Its bigger smoother images; its a LARGER FORMAT. > Real estate Real estate Real estate > More selective depth of field I put that last little paragraph there JUST for you, Mark. And you bit. And I'm not trying to be mean (at least definitely not this time); I just think it's funny. I know all that stuff. It's part of why I spent all that money on this camera. That, and I get to use the 50mm Summilux ASPH (which I really really like) as my normal lens instead of the 35mm Summilux ASPH. And I get to use that 35mm as an actual wideish-angle lens again. It's why, when I was having to use Canon DSLRs, I really preferred the EOS-5D to the EOS-some-2-digit-number cameras. But, having said all that, I always think you're too absolutist about this sensor-size thing. The particular exact 35mm film frame is an arbitrary historical accident when it comes to digital cameras. Bigger and smaller have a set of advantages and disadvantages. I like my old M8 a bunch better than I like my old EOS 5D, because so many things about them are different that sensor size doesn't have a prayer of overriding all the other things which make me prefer a digital M. Now that there's a larger-sensor-size (and several other better things) digital M, that seems even better than the M8. But not revolutionarily, worlds better. Just better. And, yes, betterer enough that I'd prefer to be using it. -Jeff