[Leica] [LRflex] Erwin Puts

[Don Dory]

I believe that Olympus was the major example of this approach: fix the
optical flaws in the camera software.  Olympus has relatively inexpensive
high performance lenses when used on their bodies.  One advantage is the
micro 4/3 coverage circle.  I believe that Olympus's sin was not moving
aggressively enough in the pixel wars(Leica seems to be coming around to
high pixel count sensors even though many of their lenses aren't designed
around that concept: the APO Summicrons being the exception at a steep
price).

I hope that another major manufacturer will come around to 24x36 sensor
coverage lenses where the camera corrects flaws in the lens.  I believe
this is best done by the body manufacturer as they have the room to put the
ROM that would correct during internal processing for lens flaws.  In a
mature state the camera and lens would talk to each other about focus
distance, aperture, and zoom setting if applicable.

Imagine where you could go from 0.95 Canon massive spherical aberration to
L mount 35 APO Summicron correction just by a menu selection.

My bias is I really like extremely well corrected lenses but cringe at the
size and weight to get there.  Look at the MTF charts for the L mount APO
35 Summicron compared to the MTF of the M mount version: over 90% transfer
at F2 across the field at even high frequencies compared to dipping to only
60% transfer for the M mount on the edges.  But then compare the size and
weight of the two; I believe most people would make the compromise for the
lower size and weight.

On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 1:08 PM Frank Filippone via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> If anything, Erwin was a believer in optical excellence.  Np tricks, no
> excuses.  Not GOOD engineering and production.  Rather, GREAT
> engineering and production.
>
> he whole theory of COMPUTATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY would be  (?) anathema to
> him.  It is NOT about optical excellence, it is about learning to
> correct that lack of excellence with digital manipulation.  IOW, let the
> costly optical components go down in COST, measure what you got, then
> figure how to digitally correct them.
>
> It makes sense.... in a away..... The repetitive costs of expensive
> optical and mechanical components goes down, and the one time only costs
> of figuring out a digital correction works "as well" as if you did it
> right in the first place.
>
> Costs Down = More Profit at the same selling point.  ( I think we can
> all agree that Leica keeps the same selling point: High)
>
> The Huawei and Panasonic connection, etc. is all about computational
> photography.  It was getting popular in the interviews with Leica
> personnel in the 2018-2019 time period.
>
> It is still popular in the interviews.  The anti-keystoning software in
> the M10 recent firmware release is a perfect example and product of this
> type of thinking....
>
> My guess is that this contributed to his frustration with Leica....
>
> Frank Filippone
> BMWRed735i at gmail.com
>
> On 3/24/2021 10:22 AM, Douglas Sharp wrote:
> > http://joerivanderkloet.com/erwin-puts-says-bye-bye-leica/
> >
> > With a statement from EP saying what annoyed him about
> > Leica.
> >
> > Understandable, too.
> > Cheers
> > Douglas
>
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