Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/03

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Subject: [Leica] Digital M Principle
From: dalmy at comcast.net (David W. Almy)
Date: Sat Jun 3 13:59:52 2006
References: <470.29a8990.31b2f6b3@aol.com> <8a8c6f3f8ada968019aaed67ecd28fc8@earthlink.net> <2050-SnapperMsg4EA12C31C0A79BB2@[70.194.139.12]>

M8 vs. D70...

1) Behind the right eye, rangefinder focusing can be more accurate
2) Use of M lens "sweat spots"
3) 10.3 mp
4) No AA filter
5) Next gen sensor/firmware engineering
6) Magic Solms fairy dust used everywhere except on the sensor

Case closed.

David W. Almy
Annapolis


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@comcast.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Digital M Principle


> To use a rangefinder? Of course. Better image quality? Based on what 
> facts?
>
>
> ...... Original Message .......
> On Sat, 3 Jun 2006 10:17:09 -0700 Douglas Herr <telyt@earthlink.net> 
> wrote:
>>
>>On Jun 3, 2006, at 7:29 AM, Afterswift@aol.com wrote:
>>
>>> ... producing a digital M using anything but a true 24x36mm
>>> revolutionary sensor would be a huge mistake. Why would I switch from
>>> the Nikon
>>> D70 to a digital M in that case?
>>
>>1) to use a rangefinder instead of an SLR
>>2) better image quality
>>
>>Doug Herr
>>Birdman of Sacramento
>>http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>>
>>
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