The top image (less sky) was shot with a Leica M6 and Summicron-M f/2 50mm lens of about 1996. The bottom image (more sky) was shot with a Pentax K-1000 and an SMC Pentax 50mm lens of about 1982. Both images were made on the same roll of film (moved from one camera body to the other). Both scanned with a Nikon film scanner using the same settings. Both are magnified to 100% (actual pixels) Results are quite similar methinks. I am sure there are about 1,000,000 caveats and such to mutter about. Still, to me it looks like "It ain't the meat its the motion" when it comes to photographic equipment.
Interesting comparison. It would be interesting to see a digital image of this same shot.
ReplyDeleteTrue in would be interesting. I can do it but the two lenses have to be mounted on two different digital cameras. One has a CCD sensor and the other is CMOS. Plus the CMOS sensor has a 50% crop factor and the CCD doesn't. so there are some other variables that could confuse results. Someone out there probably can do it more accurately than I using different equipment.
ReplyDeleteI guess that if you were about 5.6-11, there would be extremely little difference.
ReplyDeleteI think they were set at f8 and there was little difference. At f2 it could be a different situation.
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