[Leica] Highly Intelligent Crop Factor Overview

[Ken Carney]

Then there are the amateur old farts like myself.  On my last two longer 
photo expeditions I have carried a tripod and a camera bag (a big one) 
with two Canon DSLR's, Canon L 16-35, 24-70 and 70-200 2.8 lenses plus 
some primes.  I like the results, but holy mother carrying this stuff 
around for days is another thing.  I also have a Fuji XE-1 with 14, 35 
and 60mm lenses.  I'll probably swap out the 60 2.4 for a 56 1.2 and add 
the 23mm 1.4. Those plus an extra body fit in a small bag.  Plus with a 
little care I can still make a 20" wide print.  I haven't kept score but 
I imagine the total cost is less than an M body.

Some results of both here: www.kencarney.com

Ken


On 1/3/2015 6:22 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
> The 1.5 crop factor works out perfectly for people who live with their
> mothers and are shooting the high school newspaper. Though they get no
> respect from the other kids who are shooting real working  pro level
> cameras. Though they may be working after school bussing tables to pay for
> them.
>
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> On 1/3/15 6:47 AM, "Montie Talbert" <montoid at earthlink.net> wrote:
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>> 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:
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>>> 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
>>
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