[LRflex] Re: Another Question....Another annoying hypothetical

At 29/10/2006, you wrote:

>  If you could buy a factory Nikon D2Xs that had the current standard "R"
>mounting arrangement, with "R" like metering and automation, and with all
>theR connections and ROM hooks, at full D2Xs pricing. . .. would you even
>hesitate to run out and buy it?
>Might you buy 2?...Isn't this all about the glass?  Put me down for 2.


Ed:

It's not ENTIRELY about the glass.  The Nikons (and all sub-MF 
digitals except the M8 and DMR) use an anti-aliasing (low-pass) 
filter to help remove Moire patterns from the photos.  However, these 
work by mildly blurring the photos, which are then re-sharpened, in 
camera, during processing and before writing to the card.   Although 
the result is a fine looking, well colour balanced, sharp photo, the 
fine detail is lost.  What has been lost to blur, cannot be restored 
by "sharpening".

Neither the M8 nor DMR  not have such filters, and their ability to 
resolve fine detail (what Leica glass is all about) is far superior 
to brands N and C.  That's what brought me to the DMR in the first 
place!  And it's why the 10mpixel DMR is most often compared to the 
16mpixel Canon 1DS Mk II.

As for the Nikon with an R mount.... that would be up to Nikon.  But, 
somehow, I don't see it happening! ;-)

Cheers!

PS:  Good to see you back on the list.  However, as an overstocked 
"civilian", I've seen stores not so well stocked!
---

David Young,
Logan Lake, CANADA

Wildlife Photographs: http://www.telyt.com/
Personal Web-pages: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt




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