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marknorton · 04/27/08, 03:52 PM

Why would you want to use a camera with a smaller sensor than the M8? There will inevitably be compromises from doing so, a trade-off of resolution against sensor noise. Even at full frame, there's the same compromise as the Nikon D3 and (expected) D3x will likely demonstrate.

I recently met someone who had an Olympus something-or-other (and I happen to think they're doing a better job than Panasonic/Leica at Four Thirds) but it wasn't that much smaller than, say, a D300. It was quiet though, seemingly quieter than the M8 I was using at the time.

[Edit: Yes, I know a Nikon DX sensor is smaller than a Leica M8 snesor, but it's not Leica Digilux 3 small]

04/27/08, 03:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
marknorton Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 11/12/02 Posts: 5,698	Re: M8 and E3 suggestion... Why would you want to use a camera with a smaller sensor than the M8? There will inevitably be compromises from doing so, a trade-off of resolution against sensor noise. Even at full frame, there's the same compromise as the Nikon D3 and (expected) D3x will likely demonstrate. I recently met someone who had an Olympus something-or-other (and I happen to think they're doing a better job than Panasonic/Leica at Four Thirds) but it wasn't that much smaller than, say, a D300. It was quiet though, seemingly quieter than the M8 I was using at the time. [Edit: Yes, I know a Nikon DX sensor is smaller than a Leica M8 snesor, but it's not Leica Digilux 3 small] __________________ Mark