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Subject: [Leica] Digital M
From: ahgraves at prodigy.net (Allen Graves)
Date: Sun Jul 11 15:10:28 2004
References: <004601c46791$57d56c20$6d01a8c0@ccapr.com>

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/
>
>
>
>
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