[Leica] Highly Intelligent Crop Factor Overview

[John McMaster]

I talked to my dealer about my findings with the X-T1, if I was coming from APS-C Canikon then I would have been very happy with it, it did not do much wrong and is small/light. However I have M(240) and a few M lenses and the Fuji is reasonable but not up the level of Leica (subtlety, fine detail and colour), if I did not have that comparison then things may have been different. It also depends on what you shoot, f8 and there would be less difference but the way I tend to shoot there is still a significant gap between the images produced, but the difference would be reduced in web jpegs or most printing...

john

-----Original Message-----

Agree with both, that really is the issue, I think, with 35mm shooters who have been around photography awhile and have collected a boat load of lenses. The 1.5 crop factor sensor state of the art seems to be otherwise sufficient for a lot shooters, including many who make their living at it.

Montie

>>I'm with you, Sonny. As I keep saying, my main reason for wanting to
upgrade from my M8 to a full-frame digital Leica is so that I can use my 50mm lenses as 50s again.  I'm waiting for some sense of how the M9-family sensor delamination issue shakes out in real life before I make the leap.

--Peter

On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 10:16 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Everything he says is OK, except for me the issue about "full frame" 
> is that I have this drawerful of lenses designed for that format.
>
> I was unhappy using Leica lenses on 4/3, m4/3, and the Leica M8 
> because (for example) my summicron 35 was no longer the same animal.
>
> Don't get me wrong, I was perfectly happy shooting my olympus m4/3 
> with native lenses; loved the little camera, in fact.  Same with the 
> apc Pentax Kr with those great primes.
>
> When I swapped the M8 for the M9, I was back home, and now have 
> supplemented that with the A7s, so I'm happily shooting with lenses I 
> haven't used in years.
>
> Sorry, don't ask me to test, I just put the lens on the camera and go 
> see what I can do with it,  if I like it, you'll get to see it, I promise.
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Jan 1, 2015, at 12:54 PM, Montie <montoid at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> > ;-)
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHYidejT3KY
> >
> > Montie