[Leica] Digital M

[locke at straylight.ca (Greg Locke)]

Actually, Nikon has stated publically that it has no intention of developing
the "full frame sensor" and will concentrate on lens develop to maximize the
current sensor.

As a big part of their market is pro newspaper and wires service
photographers the added focal lengths are a benefit.

Myself I would prefer the full sensor because I am beginning to notice that
perspectives, aspect ratios and DOF of the current Nikon cameras just don't
correspond to film cameras either.

It took me a year to figure out exactly why I couldn't "see" the same frame
in digital as film.

I'm at a stage where I use digital alongside film and its not nice.
The company that can make the film-digital transition seamless and
unnoticable will be making a breakthrough for those to shoot both ....which
is most pros. That, short of some optical trickery, will require a full
frame sensor.

That said I have recently met a couple of young news photoraphers who have
NEVER shot a roll of film professionally arfter first year college. They
came out of school and went into all digital shops.

Times have changed but the new tools still ain't perfect.


Greg Locke
St. John's, Newfoundland
http://blog.greglocke.com

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+locke=straylight.ca@leica-users.org 
> [mailto:lug-bounces+locke=straylight.ca@leica-users.org] On 
> Behalf Of Jerry Justianto
> Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 2:20 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Digital M
> 
> That will be a wrong move for Leica publishing the small 
> sensor in 2006.  By that time I think most sensor will be 1:1 
> like in EOS 1Ds
> 
> JSJ
> 
> On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 17:02:01 +0100, Steve Unsworth 
> <mail@steveunsworth.co.uk> wrote:
> > You could always buy a Nocti if 800 wasn't fast enough ;-)
> > 
> > Steve
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: lug-bounces+mail=steveunsworth.co.uk@leica-users.org
> > [mailto:lug-bounces+mail=steveunsworth.co.uk@leica-users.org] On 
> > Behalf Of B. D. Colen
> > Sent: 11 July 2004 16:46
> > To: 'Leica Users Group'
> > Subject: RE: [Leica] Digital M
> > 
> > So we're looking at a magnification factor of 1.37, a top 
> iso of about 
> > 800, and a price somewhere north of $4500 K? And a new lens 
> that will 
> > undoubtedly cost more than a couple Ms?
> > 
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