Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/04/01

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Subject: [Leica] New Leica!
From: photobynelsch at gmail.com (Photo by Nelsch via iMac)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 18:17:09 -0600
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It's April Fools Day!

Bill Nelsch
Sent from my iPad

> On Apr 1, 2019, at 5:55 PM, Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> Frank 
> 
> I?ve never had the intention to be critic with your opinion, I?m sorry if 
> you understood my comment as a critic, it was not my intention.
> 
> Lluis
> 
> 
>> El 2 abr 2019, a les 1:09, Frank Filippone via LUG <lug at 
>> leica-users.org> va escriure:
>> 
>> True.  I only presented the specs.  I never said that it makes sense as a 
>> camera owned by someone with experience......
>> 
>> Frank Filippone
>> 
>> Red735i at verizon.net
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=verizon.net at leica-users.org] On 
>> Behalf Of Lluis Ripoll via LUG
>> Sent: Monday, April 1, 2019 3:36 PM
>> To: Leica Users Group
>> Cc: Lluis Ripoll
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] New Leica!
>> 
>> I?m absolutely not enthousiast with this Leica, in my opinion or at least 
>> for me it is a non sense camera. It will be long explain my reasons, but 
>> basically I think the photographer shall frame with the lens it has 
>> according to his visualization of the scene, beside this the angles of 
>> perspective, preserving the correct proportions for a portrait  or a 
>> street scene, the lines ?. will not work properly. This look to me like a 
>> pixels game?.
>> 
>> Lluis
>> 
>> 
>>> El 1 abr 2019, a les 20:32, Frank Filippone via LUG <lug at 
>>> leica-users.org> va escriure:
>>> 
>>> The new Leica Q2 has the following specs....
>>> 24x36 full frame sensor
>>> Sensor has resolution of 47.3MP
>>> Summilux 28 mm f/1.7 ASPH fixed, non-zoom, and non-interchangeable lens
>>> OLED viewfinder has a resolution of 3.68 megapixels  ( no optical RF or 
>>> VF)
>>> 
>>> Internal cropping ( now referred to as "digital zoom") of this lens 
>>> allows for the following fixed equivalent Fl and resolutions.....  BUT 
>>> for JPG files ONLY!!
>>> Zoom 28 mm: 47 megapixels (8368x5584 pixels), 24 megapixels (6000x4000 
>>> pixels), 12 megapixels (4271x2848 pixels). 3 different resolutions, I 
>>> guess dependent on JPG compression ratios.....
>>> Zoom 35 mm: 30 megapixels (6704x4472 pixels), 15 megapixels (4800x3200 
>>> pixels), 8 megapixels (3424x2288 pixels)
>>> Zoom 50 mm: 15 megapixels (4688x3128 pixels), 8 megapixels (3360x2240 
>>> pixels), 4 megapixels (2400x1600 pixels)
>>> Zoom 75 mm: 7 megapixels (3136x2096 pixels), 3 megapixels (2240x1496 
>>> pixels), 2 megapixels (1600x1072 pixels)
>>> 
>>> DNG:  RAW files of 47.3MP  No Zoom at all.  Crop in your choice of LR, 
>>> or other.....
>>> 
>>> As long as you are happy to shoot JPG files, this is a fine set of specs.
>>> If you wish to shoot RAW images, not as much.... but you o get to crop 
>>> in your own HxW ratios and specific areas to crop.
>>> 
>>> If they would simply put a M mount on the camera, forget the AF, and 
>>> focus the camera on the Digi-M functions, it would be a fine camera for 
>>> me.
>>> 
>>> Frank Filippone
>>> 
>>> Red735i at verizon.net
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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