Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/13

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Subject: [Leica] New 35mm cropped
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:18:06 -0800
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On Jan 13, 2010, at 8:13 AM, wildlightphoto at earthlink.net wrote:

> George Lottermoser wrote:
> 
>>>> 
> These days I find it extraordinarily difficult to differentiate
> between fact and opinion as almost everyone
> begins their statement with,
> "The truth is ?"
> or
> "The fact is ?"
> and proceed to express what sure sounds like a belief or an opinion  
> to me.
> <<<
> 
> And the internet is riddled with these 'facts' and 'truths'.
> 
> Here's what I've found:
> 
> 1) Alamy's technical Quality Control (QC) has accepted every one of the
> wildlife photos I've uploaded, despite being made with a camera that has a
> sensor smaller than the M8's sensor and lenses that have no Vibration
> Reduction (VR) or Image Stabilization (IS).
> 
> This observation does not make a crop sensor "too small" or "perfectly
> good", nor does this observation make VR or IS either "over-rated" or
> "essential".  What it means is that in the specific circumstances I was
> working in, the smaller sensor and lack of electromechanical camera
> vibration control do not prevent my photos from passing Alamy's QC.
> 
> 2) The gallery owners I've shown prints to like the photos made with this
> same cropped-sensor camera lacking VR and IS.  They don't say "the sensor
> was too small", they say "the detail and color in these prints is amazing".
> They invariably ask what camera I'm using and a big grin comes over their
> faces when I tell them.
> 
> This observation does not mean other cameras cannot provoke the same
> reaction.  What it means is that the cropped sensor and lack of IS or VR
> technology does not prevent prints of this quality.

so it comes down to the picture...not the equipment specs...
let's thank God for small things...

Steve





>  YMMV.
> 
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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