Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> I like the digital discussions. If I had gone only on what I read on the LUG I would never have tried a digital. Comparing a P&S digital to any film based camera is a bit unfair - most, if not all, of the sensors are smaller than a minox negative and remember how snooty some people were about APS negative size! I was impressed by the quality of the digital P&S we used at work but not the shutter lag, though this is similar for film P&S as well. I have bought a Canon digital SLR (and a Novoflex adaptor so I can use some of my Leica R lenses on it). IME digital beats film in every way, except, perhaps, ultimate resolution available if one mounts ones camera on a tripod. I MUCH prefer my M over a reflex to use and would have liked to be able to have a digital "back door" for it (as, some may remember, I proposed several years ago) but recent info from Leica implies this would not be possible - even though I have seen somebody proposing the same on a web site recently even with a graphic mockup. The Olympus marketing hype about keeping rays perpendicular to the sensor is obviously technically unsound(if all the rays were perpendicular to the sensor the image would not be in focus on it obviously) Canon have started a line of lenses for digital with the rear element further into the camera than the film lenses (this being possible due to the shorter mirror) so maybe M lenses will be OK on later generations of sensors. It is in these areas, rather than more pixels, where digital sensor research will be most useful) Still I will buy the R digital back as long as it lives up to expectations. I only use film for medium format now. Frank >> Rolfe Tessem wrote in part: >> >>> 2. I'm getting really, really tired of all the digital crap clogging >>> up a Leica list. There are plenty of venues for these discussions and >>> this isn't one of them. It almost makes me pine for Alfie Wang. >> >> >> You're not alone! Is there not a digital photographers website out >> there >> somewhere? >> >> Regards, >> >> Greg >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see >> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html