Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sep 10, 2009, at 8:28 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> On top of being the sweet sport, there is at least one more >> additional >> advantage of the M8 over the M9: as thge M8 sensor being smaller, the >> apparent DoF is greater. Now if you are the give me 1mm DoF so I can >> focus of the 2nd to the first eyelash type, well, this isn't a good >> thing, but for most mortals, that extra apparent DoF can come in >> handy. > > > The size of the cropped formats is just one or two millimeters away > from > what we call half frame but what film makers call full frame. > Cinematographers have been working whit this format for a century. > F 5.6 is their favorite f stop where they feel save getting > everything. > Me too in the past years especially shooting mainly wides. > F 5.6 and I know I'm bring home the shot. > I'm going to miss that with full frame. it's wonderful when the cup, in front of your eyes, goes from half empty, to half full... :-) Steve > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information