Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I really look forward to you sharing your thoughts on this when it arrives, Paul. I hope you will. All the best of health and happiness to you and yours in the new year, Bob On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 4:41 PM, Paul Roark <roark.paul at gmail.com> wrote: > Bob, > > > The key to Leica being so superb is, in my opinion, the great optics as > well AND the beautiful engineering of the lens mount that keeps the lens to > sensor distance superbly accurate. > > > > ... I found that the Hasselblad lenses mounted on the 500 series did not > have this tolerance capability. ... > > I'm skeptical that the current Pentax 645D, which has a sensor that is > only 44 x 33 mm, in combination with the Rollei SL66 lenses and the > third party focusing mount, has the ability to deliver the resolution > that the Leica M optics and mount do. It might beat the M9, but the > new M cmos may be a different story. > > I find that depth of field and the red pixel noise are usually my > limiting factors with the M9. > > In weighing the alternatives, the pros and cons of the various near > term options, I can't make any decision until I see what the M cmos > red-filtered corners look like. Having those amplifiers at the base > of the pixels could be a major improvement, and the increase in MP > doesn't hurt either. So, I wait and hope the M cmos actually pulls it > off. If it does, I suspect the Pentax-Rollei alternative will be a > moot issue. > > Paul > www.PaulRoark.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Bob Adler