Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You can never be too rich or too thin or have too many 50's. :-* Walt who has all the 50's he can afford Jeffery Smith wrote: >Uh oh! How about a dork with a bag full of 50's? ;-) > >Jeffery Smith >New Orleans, LA >http://www.400tx.com > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org >[mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Walt >Johnson >Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 4:07 PM >To: Leica Users Group >Subject: Re: [Leica] Digital M Principle > > >Holy Haysus B.D. > >I'm on a roll now and have to add my 24.5 cents......A shooter with a >beat-up Pentax is still a shooter. A dork with a bag full of expensive >cameras is still a dork. It would be interesting to test this theory out >in the real world, wouldn't it? > >Walt > >B. D. Colen wrote: > > > >>I was simply making the point that we now know less than nothing about >>digital M image quality, as there is as yet not digital M. So we have >>absolutely no way to know that it will produce better images than a D70. It >> >> > > > >>may, of course. And God knows that at more than 5 times the price of a D70 >>it better. But given that the person making the statement loves to accuse >>me of making statements based on speculation... :-). >> >> >>...... Original Message ....... >>On Sat, 3 Jun 2006 15:26:52 -0500 "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342@cox.net> >>wrote: >> >> >> >> >>>Well, I suppose because rf lenses are less of a challenge to design >>>because you don't have that big mirror box between the lens and the >>>sensor. But the angle of the light striking the sensor then becomes >>>more of a problem. >>> >>>Jeffery Smith >>>New Orleans, LA >>>http://www.400tx.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org >>>[mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of B. >>>D. Colen >>>Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 3:04 PM >>>To: Leica Users Group >>>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 >>>> >>>> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>Leica Users Group. >>>>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>___ >>>Sent from handheld device. Please forgive any typos or spelling >>>errors. >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Leica Users Group. >>>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Leica Users Group. >>>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >>> >>___ >>Sent from handheld device. Please forgive any typos or spelling errors. >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >