Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Take it easy, B.D. No reason to be nasty. There hasn't been a hell of a lot of talk about the 35mm Leica rangefinder for a while. The drift has been about film vs digital image quality. Let's assume that the film camera being used in comparison is 35mm because we are in a Leica forum. When the discussion drones on about image quality, and sensor size, which is of course related, isn't there a logic in addressing the fact that on the film side there are medium format cameras that handle as well as 35mm cameras and outperform digital? We haven't held digital sensor size to match only the sensors in Leica digital cameras, have we? Why should we be so repressive about film. Sam S B. D. Colen wrote: > Oh, please - It's about toys? Let me be frank - and nasty; this list is > as much about toys as is the late and overpriced FAO Schwarz! > > And why frame the discussion in terms of 35 mm? Because this is a Leica > Users Group, and while it may have slipped your mind, the Leica is a 35 > mm camera, and thus the quality question damn well should be framed in > 35 mm terms. > > Geeeees! ...Let's see, should I get a hammertoned MP with a pearl > surfaced shutter release autographed by Queen Noor, or should I get the > Ostrich Skin model with...About toys indeed! > > > B. D. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of sam > Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 1:51 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] digital in low light > > > Are you suggesting that had he used the lastest Canon digital it would > have smoked the 4x5? I believe the point he was making was that for a > few hundred dollars one could get unsurpassed image quality. This whole > digital thing has been framed in relation to 35mm film cameras. Why? If > the issue is image quality why would one not go medium format? Or large > format? The issue is not about image quality and never was. The issure > is about toys. > > Sam S > > > Eric Welch wrote: > > >>Well, duh. Could it be that the latter site is matching a 4x5 camera >>against an ancient (by digital standards) Nikon D100 that has CCD (and > > >>thus more noise at high speeds) than the CMOS chips Canons have? >> >>On the other site, I didn't see any mention of a digital vs film >>debate. >> >>Eric >>Carlsbad, CA >> > > > -- > 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 > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html