Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]nocti portrait lens?wow that would be nic - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henning Wulff" <henningw@archiphoto.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 2:46 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Digital Bessa? Now curious translation. > At 4:46 PM -0800 2/13/04, Feli di Giorgio wrote: > > > Initially, I thought 'just another humorous stab at translating inscrutable > >> prose into Engrish.' Then, it hit me, they've been monitoring the > >>list. "Maniac > >> drivelling of the Leica M..." is all the proof one needs. > >> > >> Chris Lawson > > > > > >I used to have a spell checker that tried to substitute "leach" for leica".... > > > >feli > > Those Leach cameras have surely sucked me dry in one way, even though > I retain a little bit of blood. > > From some information I gathered this morning, it might be the 6.1mp > Sony built sensor that Nikon uses in their DSLR's that's going to > show up in the EpsoVoightlasina. In that case a 1.5 factor would come > into effect. Hopefully Cosina will come out with some fast wides > (with the 1.5 factor in consideration) that will fill the wide gap. A > 24/1.2 Nokton would be nice. :-) > > BTW, one of the posts on this thread mentioned that with the smaller > sensors the DOF would make the reduced accuracy of the R2 rangefinder > less of a problem. This is actually the opposite of the truth, if you > are thinking of a specific lens, and not a specific perspective. If > you want to use your Noctilux at f/1, it is no easier to focus on the > correct point or plane than with film at 24x36mm. Your sharpness > standards will need to increase, as the circle of confusion criteria > become more stringent the smaller the format due to the increase in > magnification required for the same print size. > > On the other hand, having a lens with the angle of view of the 75 > Summilux available with an aperture of f/1 available sounds > intriguing, even if some shots aren't focussed perfectly. The smaller > sensor would also take care of a lot of the vignetting of the > Noctilux. > > Only if you now want the perspective of a 50mm lens (using a 35, > approx.) do you gain an advantage in depth of field. > -- > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > -- > 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