Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/18

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Subject: [Leica] Canon 1D X -- the real marker to the end of the mega-pixel wars?
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:20:10 -0500
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On Oct 18, 2011, at 5:11 PM, R. Clayton McKee wrote:

> I ABSOLUTELY agree with you.... except that for what I'm doing on a day to 
> day "need to pay the rent" basis they ARE good enough.  For personal 
> stuff... well.  I still have my RB and my M's... and now the PanaLeica.   
> 
> Out of curiosity - did you have the same fringing problems with the EOS 
> primes?

While I agree with Tina on the issue of AA filter/Cmos softness (and I'd add 
"plasticy look");
I've little to no fringing with 24-70 or 70-200 2.8 L lenses.

Regards,
George Lottermoser 
george at imagist.com
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