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Subject: [Leica] Leica vs. Zeiss lens magnification
From: red735i at earthlink.net (red735i at earthlink.net)
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 09:58:23 -0700 (GMT-07:00)

To be precise, the LENS magnification is about the same.   The angle of view 
is very different. 


Frank

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>From: Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at gmail.com>
>Sent: Oct 9, 2010 7:19 AM
>To: Leica LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
>Subject: [Leica] Leica vs. Zeiss lens magnification
>
>Stop the quibbling. !700mm lens magnification on a Hassleblad = 21.25x.
>!600mm lens magnification on a Leica M9 = 32x. 1600mm lens magnification on
>an M8 = 41.6x. 1600mm lens magnification on a 4/3 camera = 64x. 1600mm lens
>magnification on a Minox = 106.7x.
>Now is everyone satisfied?
>Larry Z
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>Not sure how you interpreted what I wrote.  The Leica lens will
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>magnify more.  A lot more.
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>
>Marty
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>
>On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 1:08 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
>wrote:
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>The reason being the difference between 1600mm and 1700mm in lens is
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>microscopic in effect. But the difference between coverage between 35mm and
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>6x6 is large.
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>Mark William Rabiner
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>Photography
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>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
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>mark at rabinergroup.com
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>From: Mark William Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>
>
>Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>
>Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2010 22:30:12 -0400
>
>To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>
>Subject: Re: [Leica] One Big Expensive Leica Lens
>
>
>Bet you 3 bucks its less.
>
>Rei?!?!?!?
>
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>Mark William Rabiner
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>Photography
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>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
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>mark at rabinergroup.com
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>
>
>From: Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com>
>
>Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>
>Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 12:34:56 +1030
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>To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>
>Subject: Re: [Leica] One Big Expensive Leica Lens
>
>
>Yes, it would be more. ?I have the formulae but don't have the details
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>to work it out (you need the film to nodal point distance, among other
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>things).
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>
>Marty
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>On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
>wrote:
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>The magnification at medium format it says is 21 do we know what the
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>magnification is for the Leica for I assume 35mm? I'm going to guess its
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>higher.
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>1600mm at 35 I'd think would be a higher mag than 1700mm at Brownie film.
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