Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/30

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Subject: [Leica] M8 and the Future
From: wooderson at gmail.com (Matt Powell)
Date: Mon Oct 30 17:06:07 2006
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On 10/30/06, Bob Haight <rhaightjr@yahoo.com> wrote:
> MF cameras do not have the awful dimentions of 35mm.
> To make a standard 8x10 requires cropping whereas 6x7
> MF requires almost none. 35mm was simply a result of
> motion picture film and not a specific design. The
> digital view is a vast improvement. BH

I always thought that was a strange assessment of 35mm (6x6). If
cropping to 8x10 'wastes film,' then print full-frame.

-- 
MP
wooderson@gmail.com
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