Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Amen! I have three of the little buggers, a IIIs, a B and a C. I found that using Agfa COPEX microfilm done in a compensting developer like Technidol, you can get surprisingly nice 5X7 prints. Not Leica-like, but nice. The only drawback is that the slightest little bit of dust looks HUGE at that magnification! DP - ----- Original Message ----- From: <LRZeitlin@aol.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 10:32 PM Subject: [Leica] Re: Minox vs. digital > > In a message dated 2/22/04 10:09:11 AM, > owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us writes: > > << The sensor in the Leica digilux 2 and > similar top end P&S cameras is the size of my index fingernail, the > less expensive cameras have sensors about half the size of my little > fingernail. So 35mm film is much better than them, but Minox film > probably isn't - I haven't used a Minox for years. Does one often > need/fully exploit the potential of 35mm film on a Leica? >> > > I confess that I am a Minox user. I have 4 Minoxi, an original Riga, two IIIs > and one B. Also a Minox enlarger and a full compliment of specialized > developing tanks. Using standard ISO 50 or 100 film I can produce good 5x7" prints > and passable 8x10" prints. Despite the Minox hype of curved film planes neither > will compare with a decent P&S camera 35 mm film print of similar size. > Moreover prints derived from that fingernail size sensor on the 3.3 megabyte digital > camera that I use, one of the original Fuji/Leica Digiluxes, also blows the > Minox prints away. > > However, the Minox is a true go anywhere camera. It slips into the pocket so > lightly and easily that you hardly know you are carrying it. What I'm waiting > for is for Leica/Minox to produce a digital camera with the Minox form factor > and a 3 to 4 megabyte sensor. > > Larry Z > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html