[Leica] High ISOs Comparison

[xrogers at comcast.net (Clyde Rogers)]

On Dec 8, 2006, at 12:17 AM, Frank Filippone wrote:
> I did no expanded experimentation to try to find the magic wonder  
> tonic.  I decided to use something that was state of the art, and  
> supported.

So Frank, why not just do that with digital, and let the wacky  
optimizers go on with their optimizing?  Look over on the alt-process  
mailing list, where people are arguing about graininess and DMAX for  
platinum printing---wasn't that all settled a hundred years ago?  The  
optimization of all these processes never stops, you've just (quite  
reasonably) chosen to opt out of it.

We're talking about digital camera performance at the limits---if you  
are a "normal" shooter (ISO 400 and below), you'll find up to ISO 800  
(and maybe higher) a delight with the M8 or the Canon, and a piece of  
cake with either camera using out of the box software.

In fact, most would be happy with raw+jpg shooting---just print jpgs  
directly, and have the raw on hand to give to a professional if  
something is seriously wrong with an image you really like.  You'll  
get so many good shots, you'll likely just forget about the few where  
the white balance was really off, or the highlights blew out.

Anyhow, film or digital (both are a mixed bag), M8 or 5D (both seem  
too expensive), we're each going to do what seems best to us, and  
that's exactly what we should do.

Later,

Clyde Rogers