Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And we could call it APS II or maybe APS Minus (since APS is/was 30.2 x 16.7mm ,or something like that) Allen >Oh, right, Mark - We're going to see a new film format introduced as >manufacturers are starting to get out of the film camera business. >Right. ;-) > >-----Original Message----- >From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org >[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of >Mark Rabiner >Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 3:20 PM >To: Leica Users Group >Subject: Re: [Leica] Digital M > > >On 7/11/04 9:49 AM, "Jerry Justianto" <jsjgroups@gmail.com> typed: > >> 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 >>> >It could be that the digital format which gives a 1.5 crop factor over >normal 35mm film format could solidify itself. That's 23.7 by 15.6 mm >with a 28.37 diagonal. Could be they come out with film cameras of this >format to fit the lenses which are cutely being made for the digital >cameras. That way I get to use my 12-24 to shoot film. > >I think tab grain films and Xtol has made half frame sized black and >white film formats or close to it viable and ideal for many an >application. Heck 400 speed color neg films now are better than the 100 >was when I started out in photography in 1975. > >A smaller format is so much easier to shoot with. You have no problem >getting everything in focus. Exactly the reason some don't like it as >they want to do this selective focus wide angle thing. But let them come >out with a half frame Noctilux. With aspheric elements and so on. Then >they can eat cake > and eat it too. > >Let me eat cake! > > >Mark Rabiner >Photography >Portland Oregon >http://rabinergroup.com/ > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information