Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/04/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The "No-Croppers? will not buy it. Steve > On Apr 2, 2019, at 6:56 AM, CartersXRd via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > The Q2 will will present an interessting artistic quandry of those who > refuse to crop the sacred 3:2 format. > > Will throwing the switch from 28 to 35 or 50 or 75 be a sinful crop, or > present a whole new holy rectangle? > > ric > > > > >> On Apr 2, 2019, at 7:52 AM, Howard Ritter via LUG <lug at >> leica-users.org> wrote: >> >> For me, digital zoom is a bit like an automatic transmission (or a >> point-and-shoot function in a camera). It accomplishes one thing, a >> center crop of fixed size, effortlessly. If you can work a clutch and >> shift stick in your favorite image-processing program, you can have a >> crop centered anywhere, of any size, of any dimensions. And you get to >> work in raw/png/dng/tiff rather than jpeg. >> >> I frankly, no pun intended, don?t see the allure. Except maybe that the >> VF crops the view as well as the sensor. >> >> >> ?howard >> >>> On Apr1, 2019, at 1432, Frank Filippone via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>> The new Leica Q2 has the following specs.... >>> 24x36 full frame sensor >>> Sensor has resolution of 47.3MP >>> Summilux 28 mm f/1.7 ASPH fixed, non-zoom, and non-interchangeable lens >>> OLED viewfinder has a resolution of 3.68 megapixels ( no optical RF or >>> VF) >>> >>> Internal cropping ( now referred to as "digital zoom") of this lens >>> allows for the following fixed equivalent Fl and resolutions..... BUT >>> for JPG files ONLY!! >>> Zoom 28 mm: 47 megapixels (8368x5584 pixels), 24 megapixels (6000x4000 >>> pixels), 12 megapixels (4271x2848 pixels). 3 different resolutions, I >>> guess dependent on JPG compression ratios..... >>> Zoom 35 mm: 30 megapixels (6704x4472 pixels), 15 megapixels (4800x3200 >>> pixels), 8 megapixels (3424x2288 pixels) >>> Zoom 50 mm: 15 megapixels (4688x3128 pixels), 8 megapixels (3360x2240 >>> pixels), 4 megapixels (2400x1600 pixels) >>> Zoom 75 mm: 7 megapixels (3136x2096 pixels), 3 megapixels (2240x1496 >>> pixels), 2 megapixels (1600x1072 pixels) >>> >>> DNG: RAW files of 47.3MP No Zoom at all. Crop in your choice of LR, >>> or other..... >>> >>> As long as you are happy to shoot JPG files, this is a fine set of specs. >>> If you wish to shoot RAW images, not as much.... but you o get to crop >>> in your own HxW ratios and specific areas to crop. >>> >>> If they would simply put a M mount on the camera, forget the AF, and >>> focus the camera on the Digi-M functions, it would be a fine camera for >>> me. >>> >>> Frank Filippone >>> >>> Red735i at verizon.net >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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