Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hey thanks for calling me Mr. Rabiner but the size of the print is less then half the story. Most of the story is while the rest of the world is moving up to 24x36 format twice the length of 1.5 or 1.5 crop circle factor cameras they are shooting at iso 64,000 without a blink of an eye and printing them bigger than 8x10. With a sensor half the size of 1.5 (4/3's 2X) you're lucky if your can make a nice looking 8x10 at iso 400. Is that a 5 f stop difference? Like the difference between f 22 and f 2.8? A 15th and 250th? Your only trick is to use lower ISO's but with anti vibration stuff. It doesn't cut it. Think of a Rollei 35. Is digital really that far behind? I think they can make a 24x36 pocketable digital camrea if they wanted to. I'd like to see a digital IIIA! Mark William Rabiner > From: Richard Man <richard.lists at gmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:31:24 -0700 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] The rangefinder is back! - Olympus EP-1 > > Hey Mr. Rabiner, for most photographers, who rarely print nowadays or > at most print up to 8x10, the 4/3 sensors are quite fine. In fact, my > 4/3 enlargements are better than my OM enlargements (although I wasn't > using fine grain film back then). In fact twice again, my most popular > photos in terms of people actually paying $ (alas, all too small of $) > is this one (straight print without the calligraphy): ISO1600, printed > 11x14: