Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/22

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Subject: [Leica] 4/3's lens firmware updates
From: digiratidoc at gmail.com (James Laird)
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:39:41 -0500
References: <daaeb97e0907212145g15fb082di202005b19d8506e5@mail.gmail.com> <C68C280F.5197A%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Oh I use the larger formats. I have and use a 5D and love it. If
they'd come out with a full frame the size of the EP-1 that could use
Leica glass for a good price I'd JUMP! I hope Leica is listening.

Jim

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 1:21 AM, Mark Rabiner<mark at rabinergroup.com> 
wrote:
> Its all an output orientated equation.
> If your prints and uploads are looking the way you want them to then how 
> off
> could your gear decisions be?
> But I'd try some larger formats though and make sure its ok to put them 
> down
> and not be able to get those very high ISO's and more narrowly selective
> focus when you go back to the smaller formats.
>
>
> I gotta say though I'm supposed to be the one with the narrow weird opinion
> but to me its like a bunch of guys wanting to shoot smaller than half frame
> cameras on the Leica list. Cause it is! What would Barnack say? What would
> HCB say? Something in German and French I guess neither would do me any
> good.
>
> Thing is in film the only thing smaller than half frame is Minox 8x11mm.
> So its pushing it me thinking of you as a bunch of Minox guys.
>
>
> 4/3's is 13 x 17.3mm format
> A 21.6mm LENS IS A NORMAL LENS FOR 4/3's!!
> Why so small?
> Are we saving silver?
> Are we taping the camera to the visor of our baseball hat?
>
> Have the next crop of CCD trees not come to full size yet?
>
>
> They can't make a pocket 1.5 crop camera?
>
> Sure they can they want you to buy the 2 times crops ones first.
> Then upgrade to that new thing they just thought of.
> Like that Sigma was supposed to be.
>
> I'm gonna wait.
>
>
>
>
>
> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
>
>> From: James Laird <digiratidoc at gmail.com>
>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:45:18 -0500
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] 4/3's lens firmware updates
>>
>> I would humbly submit that format size and pixel count are not as
>> important as that. I've got a five year old 5 megapixel P&S that takes
>> better shots that the new 10 and 12 megapixel face-detecting
>> high-definition, blah, blah P&S cameras do now. To me the big selling
>> point of the micro system is I can use my Leica glass on a small,
>> well-built camera WITH image stabilization without spending 6 grand.
>> Sounds like fun to me.
>>
>> Jim
>
>
>
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