Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/04/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, I totally agree with Sonny , "every image you make is a crop!". > On Apr 2, 2019, at 7:52 AM, Sonny Carter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > Every time you put a camera to your eye you begin to crop the picture. > Where you stand, how high you hold the camera, how tall or short you > are, which lens you choose; It's all the same thing as cropping. > > I've been shooting pictures for more than sixty years, and one thing > I've found out, if you don't crop the picture, the editor will. > > > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > 1714 > Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase > > USA > > On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 9:32 AM Steve Barbour via LUG > <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: >> >> The "No-Croppers? will not buy it. >> >> Steve >> >>> On Apr 2, 2019, at 6:56 AM, CartersXRd via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>> The Q2 will will present an interessting artistic quandry of those who >>> refuse to crop the sacred 3:2 format. >>> >>> Will throwing the switch from 28 to 35 or 50 or 75 be a sinful crop, or >>> present a whole new holy rectangle? >>> >>> ric >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Apr 2, 2019, at 7:52 AM, Howard Ritter via LUG <lug at >>>> leica-users.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> For me, digital zoom is a bit like an automatic transmission (or a >>>> point-and-shoot function in a camera). It accomplishes one thing, a >>>> center crop of fixed size, effortlessly. If you can work a clutch and >>>> shift stick in your favorite image-processing program, you can have a >>>> crop centered anywhere, of any size, of any dimensions. And you get to >>>> work in raw/png/dng/tiff rather than jpeg. >>>> >>>> I frankly, no pun intended, don?t see the allure. Except maybe that the >>>> VF crops the view as well as the sensor. >>>> >>>> >>>> ?howard >>>> >>>>> On Apr1, 2019, at 1432, Frank Filippone via LUG <lug at >>>>> leica-users.org> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> 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 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information