Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Indeed. On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > I think comparing a medium format digital sensor against a 24x36 is not > about megapixels (MP's) but about pixel pitch another way of saying pixel > size. Squeezing a load of small pixels into a small sensor doesn't cut it > in > this crazy world. > http://firmitas.org/Sensor.html > > And pixel depth > 14 bit capture has 16,384 possible values for each color channel > 16 bit capture has 65,536 possible values for each color channel > > You get 16 bit with medium format sensors, 14 with 24x36. > > I'm fond of the idea of getting 65,536 instead of 16,384 possible values > for each color channel. > > Explains the reaction I got when I first saw a print from a medium format > digital camera. > Knocked my bloody socks off. I'm still getting over it. > > > > On 12/31/12 4:14 PM, "Bob Adler" <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > > > How so? If you mean by merging, stitching, the pixels per unit of image > circle > > is far greater in the best MFDB than in the M9 (or even N 800E). > > > > For a 50mm field of view the new Leica M250 will still have 25 > megapixels of > > coverage. A 80 MP digital back will have 80 megapixels for the same > field of > > view with an 80mm lens. If you want to throw stitching into the mix > then, as > > you know George, we need to compare that to stitching with MF. > > > > But if you mean something else by merging, I don't know what that term > means > > but would love to know! > > Best, > > Bob > > > > > > Bob Adler > > > > On Dec 31, 2012, at 9:38 AM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> > wrote: > > > >> > >> On Dec 31, 2012, at 10:52 AM, Robert Adler wrote: > >> > >>> Not too sure about it rivaling medium to large format... > >> > >> I'd imagine that exposing and merging multiple M9 frames > >> would begin to "rival" medium format CCD sensor real estate ;~) > >> > >> Regards, > >> George Lottermoser > >> george at imagist.com > >> http://www.imagist.com > >> http://www.imagist.com/blog > >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Bob Adler