Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/27

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Subject: [Leica] Leica D lens 4/3rds question.
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Tue Nov 27 08:11:06 2007
References: <20071126205623.5FB4E36C@resin09.mta.everyone.net> <C3711369.77D6F%mark@rabinergroup.com> <002e01c830bc$0b27ed10$6401a8c0@asus930> <474BBA90.6080400@numericable.fr>

On Nov 26, 2007, at 11:34 PM, Philippe Amard wrote:

> Agreed Geoff,
> 4/3s are full frame four-thirds, aren't they, so long as you use the  
> lenses that go with them.
> Else, 35mm are also part-frames compared to 6 x 6 (120) or larger  
> formats.
> It's semantics ok, but isn't everything a question of point of view?

wow, these French are always so damn logical...

really blows my mind.

:-)

and see my separate post svp,


could not agree more !

Steve



>
>
> More primes: I agree with this to the full.
> Have a nice day
> Phil...x
>
>
> G Hopkinson wrote:
>
>> The smallest DSLR body is the Olympus 410 (four thirds) Just like  
>> its ancestors the OMs, its making people and other manufacturers
>> sit up and take notice. Its marginally bigger brother, the 510 adds  
>> image stabilisation, more live view functionality (I think), WB
>> bracketing and other nice features. That one is only marginally  
>> larger than the D40X which is sans stabilisation. Four thirds is not
>> directly comparable to a "half frame" since the new ones are 10MP  
>> like the APSC designs, even though the sensor area is smaller, of
>> course. A film half frame had half the resolution of its full frame  
>> equivalent since they had less "film grains" to aim the light
>> at! 432 sq mm of emulsion vs  864 sq mm nominally.  I agree most of  
>> the zooms have a largish form factor, owing partly to the
>> designs to improve light angles arriving at the sensor. They are  
>> zooms of course and some have IS built in. Primes, we need more
>> compact fast primes!
>> Cheers
>> Geoff
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica D lens 4/3rds question.
>>
>> In film terms the camera format is half half frame.
>> They've got to scale down the camera to to get my attention.
>> There are nice digital half frames out here (APS-2 or DX) which are  
>> half the
>> size of these bloated 4/3's babies.
>>
>>
>>
>> Mark William Rabiner
>> markrabiner.com
>>
>>
>>
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