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Subject: [Leica] Crop factor blah...
From: richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 14:29:57 -0800
References: <CAF8hL-HZ3bkirwXYi001+G8N__cs==dzp48hesQk5s3jtyGbEw@mail.gmail.com> <CAN4TZQ4XeGMyw=sZ4V2a=q3pKj_prApX6Lupes5RuXKULTAETQ@mail.gmail.com>

To say that PRO only use full frame (and up) is wrong.

To say that crop sensor is as good is wrong.

Every generalization IS WRONG.

However, they all contain truth

XD

On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 2:11 PM, CJ andS <csaganich at gmail.com> wrote:

> And impact (or style) doesn't have to be all that technical.  There is a
> lot of cognitive dissonance at the intersection of art and equipment.
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 5:44 AM, Richard Man <richard at 
> richardmanphoto.com>
> wrote:
>
> > NOTHING get Mark up on a crusade more than speaking of crop factor
> sensors
> > in the same level as "full frame" sensors.
> >
> > He is not wrong - all else being equal, bigger is better. That's why
> people
> > like Geoff Hopsterman, John McIAmYourMaster and Bob Adler-the-Man etc.
> > shoot with medium format data back, and poor sob like me lugs around a
> 4x5
> > because I can't afford a MFDB.
> >
> > However, it is also true that professional ARE using lesser cameras than
> > Nikon and Canon full frame and they are getting paid for it. Names that
> are
> > in the Magnum rolls and other top agencies. If you read the bylines and
> do
> > some googling, you know who they are.
> >
> > The Image IS everything. No one ever talks about the lousy technical
> > aspects of the world's greatest photographs. They talk about how great
> the
> > impact they have.
> >
> > --
> > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
> > // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto
> > // https://www.facebook.com/Transformations.CosplayPortraits
> >
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>
> --
> Chris Saganich
> www.imagebrooklyn.com
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In reply to: Message from richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] Crop factor blah...)
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