Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/11/17

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Subject: [Leica] Camera-Lens comparisons
From: richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:50:26 -0800
References: <p06230909c90a08a455e1@192.168.1.18>

Actually, the most exciting conclusion is that a $10K MF digital can rival a
high end back.


On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Henning Wulff <henningw at 
archiphoto.com>wrote:

> On Luminous Landscape: http://thurly.net/0bdu
>
> Not a particularly well engineered comparison, but interesting never the
> less. It provides some insight into the differences between an M9 and an MF
> camera (and incidentally, a Canon 1Ds III).
>
> Some of the things they discovered are well known to users of Canons and
> Leicas; ie, there is a 'veil' over the Canon images, and post processing
> cannot achieve the accutance of the M9 images. Also, putting a 24-105 zoom
> on the Canon is just giving away way too much when the Leica sports a 50
> ASPH.
>
> But basically, an M9 can, with good technique, stand up quite well to MF at
> sizes up to A3+.
>
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>
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