Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Has anybody yet seen anything about either the technical aspects of the DMR's 16 bit capture (i.e. what that means for file sizes / resolution / etc. when importing for working under 16 bit in PS) or the actual real life benefits (dynamic range? colour gamut?) Simon. On Tuesday, August 23, 2005, at 02:53PM, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@comcast.net> wrote: >In the real world, Vick, the DMR has never existed.;-) >BTW, for all the horse hooey yesterday about the worthless viewfinder in the >new Canon, it's interesting to note the following: > >Leica R9: >Viewfinder Field: 23 x 25 mm, corresponds to 93 % of the image area >(96 % vertical x 97 % horizontal), in conformance with the >standardized 35 mm slide format. Viewfinder Magnification: 0.75 x >with a 50 mm lens set at infinity and at 0 diopter correction. > >Canon EOS 5D: >Viewfinder >? 96% frame coverage >? 0.71x magnification > >So let me get this straight - the 5D provides MORE image coverage than an >R9, and it provides .71 magnification, compared to the Leica M's stunning >.72, and the R9s 'world beating .75, and yet the new 5D has such a poor >viewfinder that it's not worth considering according to some here? >Fascinating. Why do I have the feeling that if it was emblazoned with a Red >Dot and the name Leica half the members of the list would already have >orders in? (Except Doug, of course, because it doesn't offer 16 bit >capture.) > > >On 8/22/05 11:31 PM, "Doug Herr" <telyt@earthlink.net> wrote: > >> on 8/22/05 5:27 PM, Vick Ko at vick.ko@sympatico.ca wrote: >> >>> Is it a DMR killer? Or has the DMR already died? >> >> Not for me. The 12-bit capture is less than I'm looking for. >> >> Doug Herr >> Birdman of Sacramento >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >