Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The 8 grand D3x when it came out in 2008 was called by the bulk of industry reviews the camera which have the highest image quality to date. I predict you low opinion of the future of Leica M photography to be at least as off base. I think with the new CMOS M eyes will be on Leica like never before or not in a real long time. It will be the camera system everybody will be wanting to get into. On 5/18/13 2:25 AM, "Frank Dernie" <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com> wrote: > Actually, the previous camera I bought on whim was a Nikon D3x which I > hardly > ever use now. That was a waste of money. > > I do not consider the M to be an investment. My Anastigmat, 1950s MP and > f1.2 > Noctilux are investments. The M is just a very expensive depreciating tool. > The M lenses are still non-optimum for digital sensors with an exit pupil > pretty close to the imaging plane. Leica have done great work in hardware > (offset microlenses, though these obviously must be averaged since every > different lens would need a different offset pattern to be optimum) and > software (compensation for colour vignetting) but I still think digital > doesn't get the best out of our Leica lenses. Great to use our legacy > lenses > but compromised non the less. I am not sure whether it is worth buying > when I > already have an M and rarely shoot at higher than base iso. > Fuji have made a special sensor and optimised, nicely made, lenses for it. > And > they have done it at a realistic price. > On top of that he results speak for themselves. > FD > > On 17 May, 2013, at 20:40, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > >> The X is certain an item often bought on a whim like many a cropped DSLR >> while the new M is s serious investment. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/