Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/11/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Enjoy! Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 11/19/2019 5:37 PM, Brian Reid wrote: > On 2019-11-19 14:06, Jim Nichols wrote: > >> The Q2 certainly delivers for you.? I was amazed at the eye detail in >> the second image, of Nick and Jordyn.? I think you have found a >> perfect solution for an all-purpose camera. > > And what you saw in that second image was a 20% crop, shown here in a > downsampled screen shot from Lightroom. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/bkreid/family/Screen+Shot+2019-11-19+at+3_12_39+PM.png.html > > > > The Q2 has an incredible amount of headroom for cropping. The > from-the-camera DNG is 8368x5584 pixels = 46.72 megapixels; the > cropped image (which is the one I originally posted) is 3042 x 3042 > pixels = 8.825 megapixels. For comparison the M8 has 3930x2630 pixels > = 10.3 megapixels; even with drastic cropping the Q2 still delivers > 89.5% of the resolution of a from-the-camera M8 image. The as-cropped > image is very close to what a 50mm lens would have produced (the crop > matched what a 35mm lens would have seen on an M8). > > When I was looking around for something to replace my beloved M9, I > did the above arithmetic and realized that the Q2 would be an awesome > next camera. I've only taken about 500 pictures with it so far, but it > has exceeded my expectations. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >