Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/20

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Subject: RE: [Leica] digital M
From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 22:05:29 -0400

> > According to Erwin Puts' very excellent _Leica Compendium_,
> which I just got
> > today, lenses like the Apo-Summicron-M 1:2/90 ASPH can easily
> resolve 100
> > lp/mm
> > with high contrast even wide open.  That would require a CCD
> with a minimum of
> > 7200x4800 pixels to resolve.  Is such a CCD in the works?
> There's no point in
> > having lenses like this if they cannot be fully used.
>
> pardon me sir, but that is a steaming load of crap

Which part of it?  That Erwin said it?  That a Leica lense can record 100
lp/mm on film, or that 100 lp/mm is equivalent to 7200x4800?

Also, keep in mind, that for color, if it's a single sensor, you really only
get 1/4th the color information...