Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The trouble is, Dan, that all the digital cameras with built in zooms have minuscule sensors which in no way compete with 35mm film. The excellent ones are quite good at low iso settings but none are as good as the large sensor ones in poor light. To get a digital sensor which can compete with 35mm film you need one of the SLRs or the Epson. Frank On 12 Nov, 2004, at 15:39, Dan C wrote: > So having all of these fancy Leica optics really isn't an incentive > for me > to want to buy this camera, and let's face it, 6mp really isn't large > enough to take the best advantage of Leica lenses in the first place. > Any > decent lens would likely suffice. And if I'm limited to using only 2 > of my > 8 lenses, perhaps I'd be better served by a camera with a builtin zoom > lens. > > -dan c. > > At 03:27 PM 12-11-04 +0000, Ian Watts wrote: >> Dan C. wrote: >>> >>> You caution against using wide angles lenses, and reports are that >>> the >>> rangefinder isn't accurate enough for long focal length lenses. That >>> doesn't leave too much left to use with the camera. >>> >> >> >> That's only true if you think that using lenses in the range 35-90 >> (in 35mm >> film terms) is not of much use. Personally speaking, I shoot virtually >> nothing other than lenses in this range - with the majority shot by >> the 50 >> (all in 35mm terms). Using the 35 and 50 lenses on the RD-1 provides >> similar >> coverage to what I have had with the 50 and 90 on my Leica M's. My >> seldom >> used 24 Elmarit can now start to earn it's keep and stand duty as my >> wide-normal (35-ish focal length equivalent). As I have never felt >> the need >> to shoot a 135 on a rangefinder, I am not concerned that the RD-1 may >> not be >> ideal for focussing my 90. Similarly, as I rarely, if ever, shoot >> anything >> wider than 35 (in normal film terms), I'm not going to lose sleep >> over the >> fact that the RD-1 is not the ideal shooting tool for wide lenses. >> >> Ian Watts. >> >> -- >> >> mailto:i.watts@virgin.net >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >