Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My feelings exactly, after taking 8000 pictures with my M8--I look at the framelines, if they are not wide enough, I put a wider lens on. I think being hung up on a size defined by a historical accident is silly. I did enjoy fondling Neil's M9, but I must also say that I was slightly disappointed that Leica crowded 18 megapixels onto the sensor, effectively making it the same pixel density as the M8. A more moderate 14 megapixels would have been much better IMO from the point of view of low-light performance. Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Oct 6, 2009, at 7:22 PM, Jeff Moore wrote: > 2009-10-06-13:04:10 grduprey at mchsi.com: >> I never thought twice about the crop factor, I shot what I saw in the >> viewfinder. > > Yeah, that's always been my experience with the M8. You make sure the > picture you want is inside the framelines, and push the button. It > continues to be the best camera (for me) that I've ever used, and I've > never understood the obsession with a digital camera's sensor having > to > be exactly the same size as a hunk of 35mm film used to be. > > Having said that, it sounds as if the M9 is an even better M8, and I'd > love to have one; hope to, eventually. But not because of some > special > magic about the particular format 35mm still film used to have. > >> the M8 works just fine for me... That and the DMR. > > What he said. > > The DMR is a particularly special case -- bulky, slow in a few ways, > not so great in the dim -- but (in addition to the great image quality > under the right conditions) it has one fantastic feature which I (as > an unrepentant rangefinder guy) absolutely LOVE, and despair of ever > seeing in another SLR: a frameline! I really really like being able > to > see some context around what will actually be in the picture. As in a > rangefinder, it helps me do the visual edit to choose the picture. I > know it's just an artifact of the way the DMR is a retrofit, and it > makes me sad that I'll never see it in a future SLR. > > -Jeff M > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information