Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, In which case methinks you should give the M9/D700 a miss and save up for a Mamiya DM22 or even a Leica S2... Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: >> sounds like you're talking the talk Mark, but you sure are walking the >> walk... >> >> I apologize for asking.. >> >> yet it comes back to the same thing, the size of the sensor is not >> everything... >> >> a great picture is a great picture, whatever sensor it comes from, >> >> >> Steve > > > Yes and the art directors had gotten it in their little brains that a > certain job is a Hasselblad job or a Sinar job; or more like medium or > large > format job and not so much any brand name. > And if you say "I'm a great photographer you've said you like my work I'm > shooting 35" they're going to thank you very much and go with somebody who > has the camera with the format they want. Or you could rent one if you > lived > in a place like NY. > The reason why they think that is because they're right. And they see the > results over and over again. > A larger image area is for more important than how great your glass is or > the tolerances in your ?transport mechanism. And this relates directly to > digital as it turns out though for reasons which need to be looked at. They > just don't want to hear your going to shoot it with a cropped camera. Even > with a red dot on it. Even if it cost you several grand. They just want it > full frame. Or maybe they want it medium format digital. > > I think the problem on the LUG is people feel like since they spent so much > money on their M8 it should be good to go with anything in the mainstream. > The feeling would be It cost as much as a 5D it should be as good. > It was partly true with ?the camera came out three and a half years ago in > September 2006 33% of the stuff shot then was still cropped format. Now its > 3%. If that. > > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >