Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was walking down that path with you Philippe. I thought, "OK. Leica lenses on Canon Full Frame 5D. Best of all worlds." Then I handled a DMR unit with the same Leica glass. "Holy s**t. The RAW files from the 5D fail to come up to the RAW file quality from the DMR." So the sensor, as well as the software, come into play. From my anecdotal experience with CCD and Cmos; there's no contest when one looks for fine micro detail, micro edge contrast and dynamic range. Just like films have their unique qualities - so do the digital capture systems. And just like film kept getting better and better; so will the digital capture systems. The lens will always have to perform up to the imaging limits of the films and/or sensors. Which is why, in this uncertain world, a whole slew of medium format back manufacturers, who played in that $20K plus sandbox, can no longer be found there; and you can pickup their leavings for a song, now that the 35 framework has broken the 6 megapixel barrier. The current, big, medium format backs and large format scanning backs are demanding ever better optical systems be put in front of them. Regards, George Lottermoser george@imagist.com On Sep 19, 2007, at 3:41 PM, Philippe Orlent wrote: > I just think that the legendary quality of Leica will become less > important than it was before. In the film days, you needed this > quality to get the best out of the medium. > Which, if you're really honest, wasn't that performant, by the way, > so it could use Leica lenses etc. > Nowadays, it's just software that takes over. > Do I like that? Not at all. But it does make me choose my D200 > instead of opting for the (expensive) Leica solution. > That's the contradiction: I love Leica (emotionally), but sometimes > a mistress can become too expensive, too.