Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search];>) Gerry Gerry Walden +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or +44 (0)797 287 7932 www.gwpics.com On 12 Nov 2012, at 13:36, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > "Against ignorance (and Confirmation Bias), the Gods themselves contend in > vain" - with apologies to Friedrich Schiller (-: > > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 6:15 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: > >> Because when sensor technology gets better it raises the bar on the >> results >> we get. No one sees it as a reason to not justify being able to now buy >> cheap cameras.. >> We get now get better results from our Leica M and latest flagship cameras >> from Canon and Nikon. Serious photographers and top pros are not going >> "now >> I can shoot with a smaller sensor" and stick with the results they got >> five >> years ago they are going "not I can get better results" >> >> There is no movement for pros to be shooting with 1.5x crop or any other >> crop camera. The predominance of full frame cameras for top pro and >> serious >> amateur work is now even more so.. >> >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photography >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >> >> >>> From: Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 12:10:06 -0800 >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Review of Fuji's new X-E1 with zoom lens. >>> >>> Leica has always been about getting that last 5%. OTOH, for certain >>> subjects or certain people's way of working, they can't get that 95% >> anyway >>> with Leica, hence the "best camera" won't do squat. >>> >>> So... looking at pure "bigger is better" viewpoint, the Sony RX is very >>> appealing, since it has a 35mm full frame sensor. However, the sensor >>> manufacturers have demonstrated that today's sensors can vastly >> outperform >>> even sensors from a generation. i.e. did you think the D700 images were >>> great?! Well, now you can get similar quality from an APS sensor and so >> on >>> and so forth. >>> >>> So I'm afraid the time for a full frame "compact" has passed. If it was >>> released 3 years ago, people would have flocked to it. Now? When you can >>> get APS cameras with almost similar quality and other convenience, what >>> would be the point? >>> >>> -- >>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information