Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/13

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Subject: [Leica] Be prepared for a glut of Leica bodies Epson R-D1 etc.
From: hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)
Date: Wed Sep 13 17:29:01 2006

Adam, I understand what you are saying regarding the "crop factor" not 
affecting the perspective, however it still will result in a
higher magnification, effectively. That is the whole image retained to work 
with, not a smaller portion of the whole frame where
you've got potential lesser quality from a smaller file.
And the lens performance won't change as you say, but the portion of the 
image circle that you use will. So you are chopping off the
outer zones where the performance must inevitably be lower than the centre 
area. Of course THEN you need to see what the sensor does
with that info, but that's a whole other thread or two right there when the 
cameras actually start to be used.
No way I could focus it to take advantage of the widest aperture anyway. On 
the other hand, an f2 "75" portrait lens resulting from
the Summicron or a 1.4 from the Summilux sounds awfully nice.

Cheers
Hoppy 

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org 
[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Adam Bridge
Sent: Thursday, 14 September 2006 10:10
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Be prepared for a glut of Leica bodies Epson R-D1 etc.

On 9/13/06, Richard <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> wrote:

> - There will be a big run on Noctilux because now everyone and their
> brothers want that 75@1 look. Most people still can't focus it worth a damn
> but what the heck

How do you figure? The focal length of the 50mm Noctilux isn't going
to change - the crop factor will be the equivalent of a 75 but the
lens performance won't change. It'll be just like it was on the M6 but
you cropped the image.

If people ARE thinking like this they'll be disappointed.

Adam

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