Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/02

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Subject: [Leica] The M9 sensor is not good enough for what?????
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 07:59:30 -0700
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On Apr 2, 2012, at 6:12 AM, scleroplex wrote:

> what ever happened to the poor thing's eyebrows?
> i diagnose hypothyroidism!
> :-)


compulsive plucking, all gone, then paint it on...
is she anorexic to boot?
but the lens is certainly good....


but she would look better if it were not.....



Steve
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> From: Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Leica] The M9 sensor is not good enough for what?????
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> I was pretty puzzled at recent discussions comparing the M9 (and M8 is same
> resolution of course) output against that from a Sony NEX. I've never shot
> the NEX cameras but I know my M9 pretty well.
> The Sonys (and others) look to be innovative designs that ought to work
> well for many purposes. I personally don't follow the attraction of using
> them as ersatz rangefinders with manual lenses (better to shoot them with
> thie dedicated lenses and take advantage of their functionality) but hey
> I'm no great sample from their target demographic!
> 
> That darn M9 sensor and the modern lenses just don't resolve enough
> compared to the new mirrorless wundercameras ;-)
> This 100% sample in harsh light (APO 75) NO output sharpening.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hoppyman/g/sample-100percent.jpg.html
> 
> Cheers,
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
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