Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 2/22/02 5:41 PM, Jim Brick at jim@brick.org wrote: > > Leica lenses and digital sensors make poor bed fellows. > > And as I said in the past, after dumbing down great film lenses, to be used > with digital sensors, then one lens for a digital sensor is no better than > any other. The sensor is the great equalizer. All of the fine detail > recording ability is gone. All of the high contrast at wider apertures is > gone. All of the lens characteristics that we pay so dearly for is... gone. > No argument from me but if I need to use both a film camera and a digital camera I'd rather use a single set of lenses instead of duplicating focal lengths with two systems. The value of a digital Leica using existing lenses is in making it possible for a Leica to be the one camera system I use, not something else. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento www.wildlightphoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html