Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Bill, Though it is an older lens, it is the sharpest lens in my collection. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Grimwood" <bill at grimwood.net> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 3:09 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Who needs 24 Megapixels when you can have 8? > That has always been one of my favorite lenses. > > Bill Grimwood > Hazel Green > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+bill=grimwood.net at leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+bill=grimwood.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jim > Nichols > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 12:16 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Who needs 24 Megapixels when you can have 8? > > Hi Richard, > > You just reinforced my choice of an Elmarit-R 28mm to be my "normal" lens > on > the 2x crop 5MP Olympus E-1. It works for me................ > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Man" <richard at richardmanphoto.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 5:19 AM > Subject: [Leica] Who needs 24 Megapixels when you can have 8? > > >> This photo caught my eyes: >> <http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/Kamber_War0002.jpg> >> >> Being a photo geek - this is clearly a super wide angle shot, but look, >> there's no "oblong" wide angle lens distortion at the edge? I downloaded >> the image, and it's taken on a 2004 state of the art camera - the 1.3x >> crop >> Canon 1 D MkII with a whooping 8.2 megapixels. The lens is set to 16mm, >> so >> about 21mm in "full frame," still quite a wide angle shot. >> >> Perhaps because it's cropped from a 16mm image that we do not see the >> distortion, which actually would be an argument in favor of using a >> cropped >> sensor. >> >> The full article, which is quite interesting, is here: >> < >> > http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2013/03/ten-years-later-pho > tojournalists-on-war.html >>> >> >> -- >> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >