M9 and M8.2 side by side comparison

[hookonclassic]

Wow...just great.

Thank you Akarin and Downstairs for sharing your interesting research.

🙂

 

[downstairs]

Beyond the comfort of handling a full-frame M, there is no strong reason to ditch the M8 from what I can see in these shots.
The set is still up and I'll do a scanned M6 and a M9 stitch (about 6 frames) with the 90 Macro.
Maybe the stitch will better the Hasselblad so then I can ditch it and pay back what I owe for the M9.
The scan will be sad but nobody reading the LF digital section will care.

 

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Viewed on a Reference 21, Downstair's M8, M9 they are almost indistinguishable in quality apart from sharpness.

 

[downstairs]

Just added to above a 3-shot stitch done with the 90mm macro elmar from the same position as the 50mm. Seems like you can save the extra twenty thousand dollars you would pay for a Hasselblad.
The sensor size of the stitch works out at about 36x54 - like the HB sensor.
There's also a 3-shot tonemapped 50mm which of course looks more interesting.

My regular stuff is here.