Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/22

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Digital Leica and reality
From: "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 11:54:06 -0700

Cool down Austin... they were only examples to get people thinking...... the
actual numbers may be something else than what I used, but it does not
matter... the point must be made to understand the basic ideas of digital,
and why the Leica lens look is an unsuitable target for a new camera.  It is
easier and more efficiently done in software, using a Kodak $200 P+S Digital
camera as the starting point.

FYI:::: To figure what kind of camera sensor would be needed to print a
digital print in the same "mood" as a analog print, you can not go backwards
from what a digital printer can do... you can only go backwards from what
analog negatives and paper can resolve!  Then you may come close to what a
diffraction limited lens like a Leica optic is capable of.....and then
establish numerically why this thread is silly.....

BTW, that Piezo driver is one of those tools that INVENTS pixels.

Frank Filippone
red735i@earthlink.net