[LRflex] Re: New Canon sensor 120 megpixels
- From: Doug Herr <wildlightphoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:54:16 -0400 (EDT)
Robert Meier wrote:
>The Canon FD manual focus lenses are very good. Why are the
>autofocus Canons so much worse?
>
>On Aug 24, 2010, at 5:37 PM, wildlightphoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> red735i@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>>>>>
>> Doug... are you suggesting that hard core Canon users, who are used
>> to auto
>> everything, will want a Leica non-auto everything will, for use on
>> their
>> auto everything bodies?
>>
>> There may be some that will, but a whole lot more that will not
>> even think
>> twice to buy Canon... auto everything.....lenses....if they even
>> know about
>> Leica glass...
>> <<<
>>
>> I dunno about the hard-core users who worship the Red Ring as much
>> or more
>> than they believe Leica users worship Wetzlar, but quite a few have
>> noted
>> that several of Canon's lenses are not up to the demands of 21MP
>> sensors
>> (even with an AA filter) and have been adapting other-brand lenses
>> to fit
>> their Canons, including Nikon, Minolta, Zeiss and Leica.
>>
>
They're not worse, in many cases they're much better than the FD lenses, but a
high-resolution sensor shows much more of a lens' weaknesses than film did.
Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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