[Leica] 4/3's lens firmware updates

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

Its all an output orientated equation.
If your prints and uploads are looking the way you want them to then how off
could your gear decisions be?
But I'd try some larger formats though and make sure its ok to put them down
and not be able to get those very high ISO's and more narrowly selective
focus when you go back to the smaller formats.


I gotta say though I'm supposed to be the one with the narrow weird opinion
but to me its like a bunch of guys wanting to shoot smaller than half frame
cameras on the Leica list. Cause it is! What would Barnack say? What would
HCB say? Something in German and French I guess neither would do me any
good.

Thing is in film the only thing smaller than half frame is Minox 8x11mm.
So its pushing it me thinking of you as a bunch of Minox guys.


4/3's is 13 x 17.3mm format
A 21.6mm LENS IS A NORMAL LENS FOR 4/3's!!
Why so small?
Are we saving silver?
Are we taping the camera to the visor of our baseball hat?

Have the next crop of CCD trees not come to full size yet?


They can't make a pocket 1.5 crop camera?

Sure they can they want you to buy the 2 times crops ones first.
Then upgrade to that new thing they just thought of.
Like that Sigma was supposed to be.

I'm gonna wait.





Mark William Rabiner



> From: James Laird <digiratidoc at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:45:18 -0500
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] 4/3's lens firmware updates
> 
> 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