Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/13

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Subject: [Leica] M9 - not much more expensive than M8?
From: henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:35:06 -0700
References: <C6A9F969.52D1C%mark@rabinergroup.com>

At 5:10 PM -0400 8/13/09, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>>  I know the feeling. I have various bits of old equipment around, and
>>  I would love to be able to use it again, including Hasselblad. But
>>  from everything I've been able to find out it would be mainly for the
>>  sake of nostalgia, and for that the price is awfully high.
>>
>>
>>
>  I don't see anything cost non effective about putting a used medium format
>digital back at the back of an existing substantial investment of Zeiss
>Hasselblad glass. Which if it has a fault is too sharp not not sharp enough.
>
>The rez might be much lower than other medium format photography but its
>still medium format photography. And could when comparing two 17x22 inch
>prints side by side blow away the results of a jacked up 24x36mm digital set
>up costing two or thing times as much.
>
>
>This happened with film.
>You could blow away results with exquisite 35mm photography with a cheap
>Rolleicord or speed graphic. With fungus in the lens.
>
>
>
>Mark William Rabiner
>


Those comparisons are invalid with digital, as you are not using the 
same sensors (film).

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