Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/21

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Subject: [Leica] 4/3's lens firmware updates
From: digiratidoc at gmail.com (James Laird)
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:45:18 -0500
References: <7ac27f4f0907211739w2552352bs924c49e1fb7372e6@mail.gmail.com> <C68C0276.5195E%mark@rabinergroup.com>

I would humbly submit that format size and pixel count are not as
important as that. I've got a five year old 5 megapixel P&S that takes
better shots that the new 10 and 12 megapixel face-detecting
high-definition, blah, blah P&S cameras do now. To me the big selling
point of the micro system is I can use my Leica glass on a small,
well-built camera WITH image stabilization without spending 6 grand.
Sounds like fun to me.

Jim

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 10:40 PM, Mark Rabiner<mark at rabinergroup.com> 
wrote:
> I've been ragging about the 2x format being called a ?4/3's open system for
> years on the LUG as the bodies were too big for the format and there was no
> justification for going down in format that early in the game not that 
> there
> is now.
>
> They've fixed that with the micro prefix tweak to the system making for 
> nice
> small pocket cameras like they should have been all along but I still don't
> know why I need to be shooting half half frame format.
>
> Its like the silver crunch in the 1970's.
> They're going to give you a deal and sell you half the silver for twice the
> money. Disk disk film during the silver scandal.
>
> Had the format been invented later on down the line when the sensors were
> getting better and better it would have not smelt so rotten in Denmark to
> me. Right now 1.5 is smaller than you want. 2x is great for people who love
> 4x6 snapshots. I would think that would not be the Leica users group
> mentality for the most part.
>
> I love the Olympus Pen name and look. but that should in fairness be an 1.5
> crop cameras. And I think sooner or later it will be.
>
>
> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
>
>> From: Richard Man <richard.lists at gmail.com>
>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:39:45 -0700
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] 4/3's lens firmware updates
>>
>> So Mark, are you finally agreeing the wisdom of a
>> all-new-from-the-ground-up dSLR SYSTEM design? :-)
>
>
>
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