Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This was posted earlier but anyone interested in digital should re-read this article, http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/1ds/1ds-field.shtml Pay attention to the comparison to film. You will notice that this 11MP camera is resolving more than film with the 70-200L lens. This has real impact for those of us using Leica equipment. Up until this level of quality I haven't been especially interested in digital as I had no need for the speed of throughput with digital and don't shoot enough film to rationalize amortizing costs. If you read further down the article the author demonstrates that Canon feels confident enough of their technology that the low pass filter has been drastically altered to encourage high resolution and good acutance with more acceptance of moiré occurrence Technology has marched on and the on paper results with a transportable picture taking device now "equal" what I have been able to get with Leica glass. I know, I know, sharpness isn't everything: it is just this breakthrough is a paradyn shift. So for all the Cassandra's out there predicting doom and gloom, you may be right. It will be very hard for me to justify buying into an R9 when in 12 months the price point for "better" will be the same with the option of autofocus, 3D E-TTL flash, and the usability of all my Leica glass through various adapters. Not to mention switching on the same chip from an EI of 100 to 1250 without having to rewind the film. Right now, the size and ergonomics of the M keep me in the Leica world but the man on the corner asking me if I want some candy is becoming very interesting. I hope that Matshusta and Leica have an Rwhatever up their sleeve and will announce it really soon. Don dorysrus@mindspirng.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html