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Subject: [Leica] Lifeview and long lens - Geoff
From: hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Sun May 18 04:21:42 2008
References: <23a0a61f0805170054p4b597869od9d54a797d95699d@mail.gmail.com><482E96DE.8000907@tele2.fr> <482F4A26.1010204@hemenway.com> <23a0a61f0805171435g574dc0d4iead70673ebd26c82@mail.gmail.com><000701c8b867$e1409ef0$6b01a8c0@dadquad> <482FB62A.4080304@tele2.fr>

Yep sounds like a digital zoom function. Just an in-camera crop in effect.
Still a really cool shot. I wouldn't want to try it with the visoflex!

Cheers
Geoff
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Subject: Re: [Leica] Lifeview and long lens - Geoff



Geoff Hopkinson wrote:

>And wow, when the DoF is so narrow it does not cover the thickness of the
>folds of a dragonfly's wing, you need some seriously careful focusing! A
>very polished touch to frame with a complementary 'matt' colour too. Quite
>beautiful too with the detail of the delicate lattice structure and the
>colours of gold and red.
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>On the 'double focal length' effect, it sounds like an internal crop, like
a
>digital zoom. No more information than from a crop of a Raw version though.

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the L1 also offers a digital zoom feature - so there must be a 
difference - I 've hardly yet tried the Dzoom as quality falls dramatically
I guess under LV they use only part of the sensor but how and why is a 
mystery to me.
phx





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