Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Many of you have seen this before, but this image (and many like it) is one of the reasons I sold my Noctilux. I made this with an E1 and the 11-22/2.8-3.5, exposed at 1/40 @ f3.1 @ ISO 1600, cleaned up a very little bit with Neat Image. I made this before I fully grasped the capabilities of color correcting RAW files (it?s a JPG), which would have given yet better color balance. This makes a superb 8x10, and I don?t think that I ever got a color image with the Noct under similar lighting conditions that came close to this. I?ll freely admit that it?s not a great photo and that more capable hands than mine can do more with the Noct, but the E1 *and* this lens cost me less than the Noctilux, and the prospect of shelling out $5K for a digital M and contending with the crop factor for my remaining Leica lenses leaves me absolutely cold. Moreover, I could cycle through a couple of generations of DSLR bodies and still spend less than what appears to be the projected price of the fist generation d-M body. I wish Leica the best of luck with this new body, but I ain?t buying one for low-light work. I?m *already* making satisfactory images in available darkness. Cheers, Chandos -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+cmbrow=wm.edu@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+cmbrow=wm.edu@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of SonC@aol.com Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 5:25 PM To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: Re: [Leica] DMR at 1600 iso In a message dated 9/30/2005 4:20:52 P.M. Central Daylight Time, bdcolen@comcast.net writes: It's ludicrous that Leica, the company that gave the world the useable rangefinder, and, for that matter, the concept of low-light photography, should have difficulty supplying that. Rob's stuff at 800 looks pretty good to me, and he says the stuff prints nicely. I have to take his side here, because I have several of Rob's prints, and I can tell you, I trust his judgement of results. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane ?galit?, libert?, crawfish _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information