Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/21

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Subject: [Leica] new 1ds mark II
From: feli at creocollective.com (Feli di Giorgio)
Date: Tue Sep 21 14:02:19 2004
References: <007d01c4a00d$d5886000$6901a8c0@ccapr.com> <007d01c4a00d$d5886000$6901a8c0@ccapr.com> <3.0.6.32.20040921161846.007f7d00@pop.mail.yahoo.ca>
 
On Tue, 2004-09-21 at 13:18, Dan C wrote:
> Is 16.7 mp even required?   My dealer showed me two well made prints on
> 13x19 paper of the same subject shot by a 6mp Canon 10D and an 11 mp Canon
> 1Ds.  They were indistinguishable to me, and, I was told, to everyone else
> who made the same comparison.   And they both looked stunning, by the way.
>  So why 16.7mp?   Is this just a marketing scam?  When does it stop?  
> 
> -dan c.

I think things will slow down in 35mm land when we hit 13x19 @300dpi.

Feli
In reply to: Message from bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen) ([Leica] new 1ds mark II)
Message from bladman99 at yahoo.ca (Dan C) ([Leica] new 1ds mark II)