Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/13

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Subject: [Leica] New 35mm cropped
From: philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 06:46:23 +0100
References: <C773AA42.5BE91%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Le 13 janv. 10 ? 22:50, Mark Rabiner a ?crit :

>
>>
>> Le 13 janv. 10 ? 13:57, Doug Herr a ?crit :
>>
>>>
>>> Mark Rabiner wrote:
>>>
>>>> The fact that cropped format digital photography is not longer   
>>>> taken
>>>> seriously by photographers and their art directors and editors is a
>>>> fact not
>>>> my quirky opinion.
>>>> Its a fact and a well known one. And for quite some time.
>>>
>>> If this were true, why are you willing to spend hard-earned money on
>>> a DX lens?
>>>
>> Sorry to intrude, but isn't DX the ideal FF lens for a D40?
>> ph
>>
> Because its only 200 bucks the price of a replacement lens shade for  
> my
> Leica 21 and I'd e shooting with it for 9 months.
>
Why not sell that 21 to get a D700?
The D900 is soon out and prices are plumetting
Phx (ie phuzzy format, particularly in the morning)


> A D40 is DX cropped format. FX means FF full frame for nikon.
> You can use a full frame lens on a cropped camrea but a cropped lens  
> is
> optimized for the format and more ideal. It will be cheaper, lighter,
> smaller ideally sharper.
>
>
> Mark William Rabiner
>
>


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