> > From: Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/11/21 Mon AM 11:47:43 GMT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: OT -- Zeiss Ikon > > > On Nov 20, 2005, at 9:33 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: > > >> I was interested in how the camera performed with Leica glass. > > > > From what perspective are you interested? The absolute res will > > only be as good > > as you'll see out of any of the Pentax DSLRs since it uses the same > > sensor. > > There seem to be plenty of reviews on-line, most however appear to > > concentrate > > on edge performance and vignetting. In most instances the Leica > > lenses provide > > improved results over the Cosina lenses but most WA lenses do seem > > to vignette > > a little more than they did when used on film bodies. > > > I saw no real difference in image quality between lenses made by > Cosina, Konica and Leica. For that matter, some of my Russian lenses > looked as good. > > With film the limiting factors in resolution are the size of the > silver halide crystals and the thickness of the emulsion. With > digital it is the size of the individual sensor elements, the > smallest of which are far larger than the crystals in any modern film. > > In digital the appearance of sharpness is created by the firmware/ > software used to process the image, not by lens resolution. I think > that lens contrast is far more important for digital than raw > resolution.
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