Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/28

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Subject: [Leica] M8 and the Future
From: gregj.lorenzo at shaw.ca (GREG LORENZO)
Date: Sat Oct 28 18:58:36 2006
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Douglas Herr writes:

> On Oct 28, 2006, at 2:34 AM, Frank Dernie wrote:
> 
> > if 35mm film was good enough for you then a 1.33 10 megapixel 
> > sensor should be too (IME).
> 
> I use 35mm (and 10MP 1.37 crop factor digital) not because the quality 
> is good enough but because it's the biggest camera I'm willing to carry.
> 

Leica's original claim to fame was 'small negative, large print' (or there 
abouts).

I was attracted by, and remain attracted by, the small size - great image 
result I get from my Leicas. If and when I get into digital I'm still going 
to want to use the smallest camera thats going to produce the best image 
quality for its size. It may or may not be an M8 but it will most likely be 
a Leica.

In the meantime, I'll continue to happily use my Leica and Rollei film 
cameras.

Regards,

Greg

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