[Leica] my son Nick at dinner

[Jim Nichols]

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.
>
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