Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/05/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Indeed, as Erwin Puts says on http://www.imx.nl/photo/blog-2/update-leica-practicum-ii.html " One of the intriguing questions is the upcoming challenge by Zeiss and Sigma for the high end market of optical designs of superior specifications and performance. Lens design is still an art and for a long time Leica had no competitors. I know that this statement will draw commnets by the users of Pentax, Olympus, Canon, Nikon and Fuji cameras that this statement is far off the actual state of affairs.In some respects it is! But the truth is that the post-processing software, the digital signal processing, is now the main factor that determines the quality of the image. It is no longer the lens itself." john -----Original Message----- On Behalf Of Richard Man That's pretty severe, but understandably this is the way how things going to work, moving forward. Why make a lens 30% larger and heavier when the software can get 99% there? Didn't a lugger bash other camera/lens because they do the same? Regardless, technology moves on. Even my 4x5 has some minor enhancements over the ones made in the 1900s. :-) On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 9:27 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > > http://www.dpreview.com/previews/leica-t-typ701/6?utm_campaign=interna > l-link&utm_source=features&utm_medium=homepage-block&ref=features > > john >