Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/09

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Subject: [Leica] Nikon D2X review
From: richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard)
Date: Mon May 9 18:54:16 2005
References: <051020050059.12150.428007650006238400002F762200761438040C02019C990E04@comcast.net>

2X in the super-fast lower res mode, the same as the E-1.

At 05:59 PM 5/9/2005, you wrote:

>So, riddle me this:
>
>If the D2X's standard crop (from full-frame 35mm) is 1.5X at 12mp, does 
>the crop factor, relative to angle of view, change when the 
>busting-my-hump speed/buffer selection is made and images are cropped by 
>50% to 6MP?
>
>If so, am I now working with a 3X crop factor? Does my 100mm lens now 
>cover the real estate of a 200mm? Somehow, that doesn't very DSLR 
>pro-ish.  I'm sure there's some arcane, mathematical explanation. And 
>anything much beyond 2+2=whatever is arcane for me.
>...

// richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please 
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