Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Completely agree. Though a 48x64 wedding album could have it's niche for around $9,000. :) Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Dory"Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:First M8 experience > Chris, > The reality of the 22mp sensor 35mm format camera are of specialty interest > to very high end photographers and those with ego's to feed. Take your > wedding business, how many 48X64 prints do you sell that would justify > going > up from your current 12mp choices. But you would chew up memory at almost > twice the current pace. Plus, lenses would have to get radically better to > really see the detail that the higher pixel pitch could in theory resolve. > > I would much rather see higher color depth over 12bit and better exposure > range to 10-12 stops than more pixels. If I need more for that billboard > I'll hang someplace I could rent a medium format rig for a week and save > tens of thousands. > > Don