Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]One thing to keep in mind is that as soon as you start to crop that 2 1/4" square negative, you can quickly lose the size advantage. This has been my problem, in that I am still not perfectly at home with the square format, whereas I have become very good at composing and printing a full 35mm frame, without wasting any film area. Dan C. At 09:30 PM 19-03-00 +0100, Erwin Puts wrote: >It may seem that Mike assumes that I am only a theoretical person, >looking at curves and forgetting to do proper experimental research. >It is really a pity Mike did not ask for information before starting >to accuse me of wishful thinking. May I inform Mike that the same >experiment he conducted has been done by me too. A few years ago I >was a photography teacher at an institute for the training of >professional photographers in the South of France. Here we did this >comparison: Leica M with 50mm, Zeiss Contax with 50mm, Hasselblad >with 80mm and Sinar 4x5 inch with some Schneider lens, the specs I >forgot. All films were 100 ISO B&W (so giving the 35mm cameas a >disadvantage!!!).[snip]