Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/04/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Bob. I think we give our best efforts and pitch in as a community, we can make things like this happen. Ken On 4/3/2015 7:52 PM, Robert Adler wrote: > Well I am, after several decades, used to threads devolving, but this one > is one of most bizarre! From a discussion of the noticeable difference > between the new Nocti and its predecessor and how one person prefers the > older one over the newer one, through the age old (now) dialogue (monolog > really as it came out of nowhere) of film v digital and down to a camera > that swings both ways... > So let's go full boat! Lagavulin sucks!!! > :'-D > Hi Alice: nice rabbit hole you have here... > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 4:47 PM, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: > >> You can put the back on a Linhof Technica backwards and it still works, >> except that the film is a little further away from the ground glass. So >> far as I know, this only happens when you have not packed your Polaroid >> holder for a two-week trip. Ask me how I know... >> >> Ken >> >> On 4/3/2015 4:52 PM, Robert Adler wrote: >> >>> Mark, >>> Not going to go there with you after this email. >>> >>> Digital sensors are much flatter and, therefore, less forgiving, than >>> film. >>> So lens precision and sensor placement is much more sensitive and >>> important >>> than when we shot film. That's why Alpa provides 0.01mm shims for it's >>> digital back mounts to it's camera. You adjust the distance of the sensor >>> from the lens by 0.01mm to get the back exactly placed. A 0.01mm >>> difference >>> is very noticeable to the eye. So digital precision is more important >>> than >>> you seem to realize. Thus the term "digital precision". >>> >>> If you want to "look it up" look no further than here: >>> http://www.alpa.ch/en/support/photographic-know-how/can-i- >>> fine-tune-the-adjustable-adpaters-for-digital-use.html >>> or here: >>> https://www.youtube.com/user/OptechsDigital >>> >>> As for the rest of your email, I have no idea what you're talking >>> about... >>> Seems to have zero relevance to the initial thread or my responses... >>> Best, >>> Bob >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >