Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/11/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yeah I don't get it. Why didn't they put a good 50mm on the 1Ds? They compared apples and oranges (mind you, I am NOT a Canon fan, but hey?) Would have been much more interesting. The Summilux did shine though! Jim Laird On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com> wrote: > On Luminous Landscape: http://thurly.net/0bdu > > Not a particularly well engineered comparison, but interesting never the > less. It provides some insight into the differences between an M9 and an MF > camera (and incidentally, a Canon 1Ds III). > > Some of the things they discovered are well known to users of Canons and > Leicas; ie, there is a 'veil' over the Canon images, and post processing > cannot achieve the accutance of the M9 images. Also, putting a 24-105 zoom > on the Canon is just giving away way too much when the Leica sports a 50 > ASPH. > > But basically, an M9 can, with good technique, stand up quite well to MF at > sizes up to A3+. > > -- > > ? * ? ? ? ? ? ?Henning J. Wulff > ?/|\ ? ? ?Wulff Photography & Design > ?/###\ ? mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com > ?|[ ]| ? ? http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >