Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So there's a gray area between 1.5 mag APS-C format and 2x mag 4/3's!?! We know they are going to come out with an APS-C format sensor Then the panicked And went back to the drawing board. And came out with this chipped down format. Called it "full sized". "mountain grown"! mark@rabinergroup.com Mark William Rabiner > From: Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:39:58 -0700 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Noise-free nighttime shots > > It's pretty close. The Canon 40D and 450D have sensor sizes of > 22.2x14.8mm, the Sigma DP-1 has a sensor size of 20.7x13.8mm. That's > about a 7% magnification difference. In any case, the files from the > Sigma look great; they're just not all that high resolution nor the > best in low noise. > > If Sigma just put that sensor in a decent camera, I as well as > probably a lot of other people might be interested. > > > > At 6:53 PM -0400 7/29/08, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> That's great but he'd telling them it has an APS-C sensor. >> It does not. >> >> >> >> mark@rabinergroup.com >> Mark William Rabiner >> >> >> >>> From: Jim Shulman <jshul@comcast.net> >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >>> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:37:05 -0400 >>> To: 'Leica Users Group' <lug@leica-users.org> >>> Subject: RE: [Leica] Noise-free nighttime shots >>> >>> Pogue is writing for electronics fans who happen to snap pictures. Not >>> photographers. >>> >>> Jim Shulman >>> Bryn Mawr, PA >>> > > -- > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information