Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've wondered about this myself, to the point I shot the same image with the same lens on my F2, D200 ( adjusting the tripod position to match angle of view) and D3. The F2 was loaded with provia 100F and scanned with a Nikon coolscan. You know what? The D3 was the sharpest of the lot, followed by the D200, with the F2 last. I doubt it was technique or focus because I was shooting outdoors at f8 on a tripod. But I'm equally curious as you, so I'm going to repeat this test soon with velvia in my M6TTL and the 50 nokton, and the 35 cron asph on the M8. I'll post the results here. Thein Onn Ming Sent from my iPhone On May 31, 2009, at 7:48, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > Yes but resolution is completely dependent on magnification. > > A 4x5 sheet film lens Schneider Symmar 210 lens will not be resolve > what a > Hassy 80mm lens will which will not resolve what a 50mm 35mm format > lens > will > but they don't need to. > You blow them up less many times. > > A very popular thread all over the internet a few years ago was if you > wanted a real sharp picture you shooted 35mm. I bet it still goes > on. You > had guys swearing by this it was amazing! > You just could not get the second part of the math thing through to > those > people. > > Cropped format DSLR's are almost exactly half frame give or take on > or two > millimeters. > A lens designed for the smaller format will be a bit sharper but the > magnification required to blow up the images blows that away. > > > If you looked at a print made Schneider Symmar 210 you're not going > to be > notice any lack of sharpness whate so ever. Quite the opposite. A > loupe will > more than confirm this. > And believe me that lens is not going to have the resolution of a > Leica > lens. > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > >> From: Thein Onn Ming <mingthein at gmail.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 01:27:38 +0800 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: D3x vs 'Blad CFV 16MP full sized samples >> >> I do believe that I've been saying this about resolution all along: >> the M8 is equal to or better than the D3. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information