Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/24

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Subject: Digital M/Digital Rebel was Re: [Leica] Lost Faith in Leica
From: mail at gpsy.com (Karen Nakamura)
Date: Fri Sep 24 16:38:01 2004
References: <200409201552.i8KFgiOS044353@server1.waverley.reid.org> <Pine.LNX.4.58.0409201035020.521@mail.2alpha.net> <4153AE5E.30306@planet.nl> <8F45A3FE-0E22-11D9-A0D4-000A95BA5A2C@openhealth.org><4154500A.4040507@pla net.nl> <41545998.7000600@openhealth.org>

>>
>Fair enough :-) I think we are in general agreement... Indeed it 
>occurs to me that with a relatively low resolution sensor -- perhaps 
>either 35mm film, or moderately low pixel count digital people may 
>need to obsess more over the quality of the lens, and with a high 
>resolution sensor e.g. 8x10 film or 22 mp etc., the quality of the 
>lens becomes less important?

With a large format sensor (or film),  lens quality (resolution) 
becomes less important because the magnification factor is not as 
large. For example, if you're shooting 8x10 and want to make a print 
at 13x19, you're doing less than 100% magnification.  Compare that 
against the magnification needed to make a 13x19 from a Canon EOS 10D 
frame.

If the Canon EOS 10D was 22mp  at the same frame size, you'd need an 
extremely high quality lens to take advantage of the sensor.

Karen

-- 
Karen Nakamura
http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/

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Message from jonathan at openhealth.org (Jonathan Borden) (Digital M/Digital Rebel was Re: [Leica] Lost Faith in Leica)