Leica V Others

Posted by: Martin D on 14 November 2004

I’ve been thinking a getting a film camera for ages, and have done a lot of homework. Question is though Leica seem to be the dogs whatsits could you, all things being equal as far as possible, tell from say a A3 print which was the Leica lens and which was the Nikon or Canon etc. Are they that noticeably good?
Martin
Posted on: 17 November 2004 by Nick_S
A detailed commentary on the Digital M is given here:
http://www.imx.nl/photosite/comments/c001.html

The sensor is not likely to be full frame causing current lenses to have a narrower angle of view on the digital body.

Nick
Posted on: 17 November 2004 by Joe Petrik
Derek,

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The photonet statistic is a function of ease of submission of a digital originated image versus the extra steps of scanning etc of a wet or analog image.

Undoubtedly, given that you have to upload a jpeg to Photonet to have a pic on the site will favour those whose cameras produce jpegs in the first place. But the sheer number of pix from digital cameras vs film cameras on the site does seem like a harbinger of things pixelly to come.



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So when are you taking the plunge

Two obstacles to overcome... First, I need to save the cash, and between the new kiddo and the new computer I'm broke. Second, I'm awaiting Nikon to make the mythical D200 (~8MP D-SLR based on the F100 body) before I take the plunge. Plus, I bought a 5400-dpi film scanner earlier this year, so I suppose I ought to get some proper use of out it before I start drooling over the next toy.

Joe
Posted on: 18 November 2004 by Joe Petrik
Martin,

Forget about Leica. Forget about Nikon and Canon. What you really want is a Gigapixel camera.

Joe
Posted on: 18 November 2004 by Nick_S
Joe

Or maybe it will involve Leica (the quote is from the Gigapxl info).

Nick

"Meantime, collaboration with Leica Geosystems (manufacturer of the DSW500 digital scanner) is about to yield scans with a resolution of 6 microns. At which time, numerous existing negatives will be redigitized at 2,900 megapixels. By year end (2004), we expect to push scan resolution to the 5-4 micron range; the corresponding pixel counts being 4,180 megapixels and 6,530 megapixels, respectively."