Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/06/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This one is meant to be used on a tripod I presume - now, antique LF cameras also required long and tedious manual/finger operation, and that would not trouble me much. Of course, this doesn't apply to handheld photography as we know it. Amities du Nord Philippe, still at 35? tonight ? Le 23 juin 2016 ? 21:38, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> a ?crit : > What bothers me about this camera is not the sensor size but the fact that > the user interface seems to be that of an iPhone. Which is fine for an > iPhone but not on a camera. One of things I like about the cameras I use > the most?the Fuji X, the Panasonic LX-100 and the Ricoh GR?is that most of > the settings I use are controlled with dials and buttons. I hate touch > screens. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> On 23 Jun 2016, at 21:06, George Lottermoser <george.imagist at >> icloud.com> wrote: >> >> >>> On Jun 23, 2016, at 1:28 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Having been a 645 user in another life, I can assure you that it uses 120 >>> film, commonly known as medium format to photographers of my >>> generation. (credibility >>> unstretched or not) >>> >>> 645 is actually a pretty nice frame size, but like 35mm, it's best to >>> pick >>> out as you shoot which you want, landscape or portrait. >>> >>> No comes digital, and many cameras have the ability of setting the shape >>> of >>> the image through menus, my iPhone does it, and my Sony A7s does it. I >>> don't think I get a choice with my M9. >>> >>> The Leica M240 has choices in the video side. >>> >>> No matter what, I really don't much care what shape the sensor is, >>> because >>> I format an image to fit the composition, not the other way around. >>> That's why God gave us mattes. >> >> always amazed by these ?controversies.? >> ?medium? and ?large? format obviously qualify as "relative? terms. >> we, who grew up with the terms, know their meaning. >> >> 620 roll film, 120 roll film, 70 mm roll film, >> which included 6 x 4.5 cm, 6 x 6 cm, 6 x 7 cm, 6 x 9 cm frame cameras and >> or backs >> were all referred to as ?medium format.? >> >> 4 x 5" sheet film and larger were referred to as ?large format? >> even though 4 x 5" seems rather small when compared to 11 x 14" and 12 x >> 20". >> >> 2 1/4 x 3 1/4" sheet film - fell into a void - terminology wise. >> >> And of course none of those terms has any particular relevance in digital >> sensor world. >> Now we say ?full frame? to describe a sensor more or less the size of a >> 24 x 36 mm film frame; >> even as sensors (frames) come in every conceivable size from extremely >> tiny to relatively large; >> with NONE reaching anywhere close to 6 x 6 cm or larger. >> >> What is relevant and important, to me, >> is the actual size of the film and/or sensor >> not relative terms >> like full, medium, miniature, or large >> >> >> Regards, >> George Lottermoser >> >> 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