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Subject: [Leica] Doomed: Leica MP 0.58x
From: bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Mon Jan 24 09:54:38 2005

You won't. Photography is changing, just as it changed when people gave
up their larger format cameras for 35 mm. Change requires adaptation,
and can be painful. But it will occur. You could be lucky and get a
full-35 frame size sensor, but I wouldn't't hold my breath. 

B. D.

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[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Feli
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 12:09 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Doomed: Leica MP 0.58x


Yes, but how will I get that razor thin level of depth of field without 
a full frame sensor?
I really don;t want my 50 to have the DOF of a 35. ;-)

feli
On Jan 24, 2005, at 7:23 AM, Richard S. Taylor wrote:

> Leica made its reputation for decades by making the very best use of
> the latest available optical and mechanical technology.  Following the

> same path today means making optimal use of current digital technology

> not, except as a transitional device, trapping the company in the 
> full-frame 35mm format.
>
> It's becoming more and more apparent that sensors considerably smaller
> than 35 mm film will produce suburb 11 x 14 prints.  A new Leica 
> camera with a smaller-than-35 mm film-size sensor could be part of a 
> whole new Leica photographic system with, say, Leica "D"-mount lenses,

> all small, lightweight and optically optimized for the small sensor.
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