Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 07:37 PM 7/21/01 -0700, Jay Burleson wrote: >So if I can get an M style body that has a good quality chip in it and uses >the lenses that I have bought and paid for long ago, I am not bothered that >they won't use the full capability of those lenses. >Because they will use the full capability of the chip, which is what I'm >buying. >How many of us use the full capability of our lenses with film anyway? As I wrote earlier, you have to "dumb down" Leica lenses in order to use them on a digital sensor. You cannot collect data that is running at a higher frequency than the collector. The Nyquist limit. Look it up. A resolution killing filter (a blur filter) must be used in the camera between the lens and the sensor. See the white paper on lenses for digital cameras on the Schneider web site. An inexpensive Asian 10-150mm zoom will produce pictures every bit as good as a Leica M lens when used with a CCD or CMOS sensor. And you won't have to keep switching lenses for different focal lengths. It is a simple fact of the state of digital. And it won't change for a long time yet. Jim