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Subject: [Leica] No M9 in the near future
From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (wildlightphoto@earthlink.net)
Date: Fri Mar 7 15:44:28 2008

Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote:

> I spent a fortune on a 21 and 24 ASPH Elmarit M's 7 and 8 years ago and
got
> great results with them on film.
>
> Unlike Canon glass I'd bet they'd give me excellent performance right out
to
> the edges on a Leica approved sensor just like they do with film.

The trick is finding that Leica-approved sensor.  At the moment the M8 is
the best available for your ASPH lenses.  The angle of incidence of the RF
camera bites M wides much more than it does the Canon wides on an SLR.

> They are no holds barred optics which deserve better than this:
>
> 21 * 1.33 = 27.93
> 24 * 1.33 = 31.92

Agreed... likewise my APO lenses (100 and 280) deserve a full-frame sensor.
OTOH the pictures I get using the 280 on a cropped sensor are better than
the ones I wouldn't get if I were to put the lens on a shelf until a 24mm x
36mm Leica-approved sensor comes on the market.  The choice as I see it:
collect dust or make cropped pictures.  My lenses deserve better than to
collect dust (they also deserve a 16-bit sensor like the DMR's).

Doug Herr
Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com

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