Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/05/05

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Subject: [Leica] FF will require at least 350 Mpx for full resolution
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Mon, 5 May 2014 11:01:28 -0700
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On May 5, 2014, at 10:57 AM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> 
wrote:

> Howard Ritter wrote:
> 
>>>> 
> ... the autofocused image at f/1.4 was horrid...
> 
> It's difficult for me to envision where this error arises, since the 
> camera's autofocus optoelectronics examine the actual image, not a 
> surrogate like a split-image RF does.
> <<<
> 
> Unless you are using live view, the AF system examines the image at a 
> surrogate image plane.  Calibration is as important as it is with the 
> rangefinder.


exactly Doug, this is why many are coming around to the conclusion that live 
view, EVF, is not so bad...


s



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