Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]OK, so I just learned that the M8's have a 0.68 VF. My question is, what
does that translate into, relative to the crop factor of that sensor? In
other words, is it like what an approximately 0.45 VF would show you on a FF
camera?
Since 0.72 has been the 'standard' VF since the M2, I'd have figured that in
the M8 they would want to reproduce the same relative field of view, lens
for lens, narrowing it appropriately.
If I'd've bothered to wonder about it I would have figured the M8 VF to be
0.86, or 0.91 like the M3 - something narrower than 0.72.
The 0.68 field of view VF in the M8 must REALLY favor the wides, taking in a
much broader field of view than would the 0.58 VF with the same lens on a
full frame camera.