Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] image quality and format
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 08:25:17 -0800

Lenes for 35mm camera optics tend to resolve much better than the optics
designed for medium format.
But do they resolve 2.5 times better? I don't think so! It is a matter of I
think of around 20 percent.
A 16x20 made from medium format system would be hard to bead from one made from
a 35mm system.
This is a size where you can really more than start to see a difference.
At the same time this does not make prints this size and bigger from 35mm
unserviceable. They can be excellent.
Just don't stick them right next to one of the same scene taken with Brownie
film like a stereo pair. You ARE going to see a difference.
Mark Rabiner