Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/07/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What a bunch of rubbish. My 9-year old M8 with its ?cropped? sensor delivers better image quality than the ?full frame? (whatever that means) Canikons my friends have. Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 10 Jul 2017, at 20:14, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > Cameras need to remind you of cameras. They need to hark back to the > verisimilitude of operating a camera. Should they remind of a sewing > machine or telephone or egg beater it?s not doing anybody any good. > I just read a handful of reviews of the just announced today Leica TL2 > before I found one which bothered to mention the sensor size. It?s APS-C. > 1.5 crop. It?s supposed to make you not miss your iPhone burning a hole in > your front pocket but in the end, just reminds who your true friend really > is. It?s the one you take pictures of your head next to the Eiffel Tower > and Mount Rushmore. Who needs it did you iPhone forget how to take > pictures? It needs you are you reading this text on it right now? Thanks > good. I think the best way to compete against iPhone photography is to > just make cameras which take noticeably better pictures and which can with > a press of a button be forwarded to the internet so your friends won?t > miss what you are having for lunch. I think people who are into their > photography just a bit will stand to not be reminded every second that > they?re not using their iPhone. A camera does not need a touch screen > iPhone like interface you end up mad at it you can?t make a phone call > with it. > Possibly the key to who this camera is aimed it can be found in the fact > that few of the reviews bother to mention the sensor size. The format. The > bottom line of any camera. > So, it?s in the category of shiny electronic devices which make you look > rich and interface with your computer stuff wirelessly for the most part. > Stuff you could maybe play with if you ever got tired of playing with your > iPhone which face it is not going to happen. > I do think Leica is off the hook as for every bomb like this it comes out > with it comes out with a legitimate camera system a few months later. > There literally is a new Leica camera system coming out every season. This > is the summer camera. It fits in the beach bag with the towels and suntan > lotion. The autumn system will be more serious to match the autumn movies > which everyone will watch on their iPhones. Hopefully with earphones. > > > > -- > > Mark William Rabiner > Photographer > > _______________________________________________ > 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