[Leica] M9 - not much more expensive than M8?

[imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)]

I too hope to some day hang a digital back on my Hassy cm
but we'll again only be using a fraction of our zeiss image circle

Another interesting set of charts
comparing formats
and image circles
<http://www.stitchpix.com/image_circles.html>

for your medium format drooling pleasure
<http://www.captureintegration.com/phase-one/new-backs/>

the P65+ finally hits actual "full frame" 645
(tears and drool flowing freely)

Regards,
George Lottermoser
george at imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist

On Aug 12, 2009, at 1:57 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:

>> Two (or more) points running through this thread.
>>
>> Photographers want to use their lens' full image circle capability.
>> Larger sensors offer more potential image quality.
>> Absolutely true.
>>
>> Clients require 24 x 36 sensors.
>> Not very often (in my experience).
>>
>> The most demanding clients require sensors larger than 24 x 36.
>> Also true.
>>
>> Regards,
>
>
> One aspect I'm just noticing is that -
>
> there is cropped and there is cropped.
>
> other than the obvious 2x 4/3 format crop which is a different ball  
> game
> from APS anything.
>
> APS by any other name....
>
> I'm used to shooting Nikon Dx APS-C which is a 1.5 x crop circle but
> Canon and Leica m8 shooters are shooting APS H which is 1.33
>
> This is an interesting illustration
> http://digital-photography-school.com/crop-factor-explained
>
> While the yellow line is 1.5 APS-C DX the red line bisects that and  
> full
> frame.
> And the red line is 1.33 APS H M8 or Canon format.
> It looks quite a bit more impressive here.
>
> Maybe I'll get it in a firmware upgrade.
>
> Also notice here
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon_DX_format
>
> The difference between the Nikon and Canon APS-C formats and how  
> medium
> format dwarfs them both.
>
> I'm going to get a cheap used back for my Hassy's and blow all you  
> guys with
> your Canon and Nikon super shooter FF X's away.
>
>
>
> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
>
>
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