Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Luis: I understand how you feel about the 1.3x crop factor. Before I got the M8, I wondered if it would bother me. But it doesn't matter as much as I thought it would. A 35mm becomes almost a 50mm, a 28 becomes a 35, a 75 becomes a 90, and a 90 becomes a nice long 120. My lenses have "grown" one size larger, but this is much less important than the fact that I can now shoot my M lenses with a digital M camera. Since I prefer 50mm, I am fine. My 35/1.4 Summilux ASPH now acts like a 50/1.4. I have acquired a VC 28mm lens, so now I have a 35mm equivalent again. If my favorite lens was 35mm, I might not be so happy, because there is no 28/1.4. The only really weird change is that a 50mm becomes a 66mm, which is a length most of us don't really "know." I have several 50mm lenses, so I will have to get to know them all over again. A 50 is distinctly telephoto on the M8. It's not quite a 75, but it's more like a 75 than a 50. I know that many of us have a lifetime of knowing certain focal lengths. Now they've changed. Our fingers "feel" 35mm but the viewfinder says "this is a 50." The good news is that it gets easy after a few hours shooting. I'm hoping someone will make an digital-only 28/1.4. By not supporting the larger full-frame image circle, it might be of more reasonable size and cost. --Peter At 03:52 PM 8/30/2007 -0700, "Luis Ripoll" <luisripoll@telefonica.net> wrote: >Hi Peter, > >I've found really interesting your arguments, but beside all the mentionned >points, for me it remain one point, the format 4:3. I want to use my lenses >on the original focal lenght. I hope, and I think that Leica will made a 1:1 >format in the future. > >Saludos cordiales >Luis