Digital BW, The Print

Michael King <drmrking@...> wrote:
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> ... I think the D800E is a inflection point for 35mm and will wipe
> out 80% of MF sales going forward - ...


I think the "inflection" points differ depending on how much sharpness people need for their uses.  For me the Canon 5D2 was it.  My medium format film cameras have stayed on the shelf since then.  But, while the 5D2 was "enough" for me to make excellent 22 x 28 prints, more would be better, with the usual decreasing marginal utility of the higher pixel counts.  

And for me more RGB pixels would be more important than the Leica MM dedicated B&W sensor.  The MM would seem to be at its best without any filter, as in traditional B&W street photography. I think there is a reason Leica called the project "Henri" (as in Cartier-Bresson).

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com