Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/02/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Keep to my questions Mark please ;-) Is a FF M digital a cropped medium format sensor? Or alternately, is a medium format sensor an enlargment of a full frame? Should the answer to either question be yes, then I might agree that an APS-C is cropped. Else, and since we use lenses that match the formats, they are all full frame, and lose nothing on the edges. Amities Philippe > Le 7 f?vr. 2020 ? 15:51, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> a ?crit : > > Well if a medium format 60x60mm camera has an 80mm lens on it that lens is > not a telephoto lens like it is on a 35mm camera. Its a standard normal > for medium format film square! No cropping comes into play. (The diagonal > of 60x60mm is pretty close to 80mm.) > Digital medium formats are a tad smaller than film medium formats cameras > so they cost less than a million dollars. And more people buy them. > But with this gorgeous to die for GFX100 I am overwhelmed by the idea of > shooting with over a hundred megepixies! > But maybe I should really be overwhelmed by the fact that it's made with > physically way bigger sized medium format sensor? (33 ? 44mm) > A combination of both would be the smart opinion. I'd both be right! > Costing only $9,999.00 here in New York! > And you though you'd have to spend ten grand for a medium format digital > camera!? > -- > > Mark William Rabiner > > ?On 2/7/20, 8:06 AM, "LUG on behalf of Philippe via LUG" > <lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of lug at > leica-users.org> wrote: > > Would you call use of the GFX100 enlarging ? ;-) > > http://www.dpreview.com/search/?query=GFX100&terms=GFX100 > <http://www.dpreview.com/search/?query=GFX100&terms=GFX100> > > > Amities > > Philippe > > > >> Le 7 f?vr. 2020 ? 14:02, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> a ?crit : >> >> I don?t know Frank an APS-C sensor gets called a cropped sensor. >> As you think you have new longer lens bringing you in closer but all >> you're doing is cropping. >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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