[Leica] 16-16-15 lens comparison

[leowesson at gmail.com (leo wesson)]

rd1  as a backup?

leo



On 11/4/07, afirkin@afirkin.com <afirkin@afirkin.com> wrote:
>
>
> Yeah, I like the wate on the M8 as well. If it has a downside, its that
> the 16/19/21 ratios are a bit close: I could have been happy with a
> bi-elmar, and perhaps that would have allowed a bi-elmarit 16/21 ;-)
>
> My dealer was convinced by Leica that the DMR was due to be upgraded,
> making updates to our R series more efficient and "cheaper". I think he was
> "sucked right in" and I always suspected that the DMR was a temporary unit.
> Still having to now wait (even with the WATE) over 2 years for a digital
> body to use with the R glass is very frustrating and cannot auger well for
> the future of the R. Some smart lad might find a CMOS sensor which can
> replace the CCD on the DMR, it would draw less battery power and if
> configured with M8 DNG format could be 15 or 20 megapixel without 
> increasing
> the size of the files. Should be easy: a bit of solder and a steady hand 
> ;-)
>
> I took the DMR to the Arctic with some trepidation: what if it failed. My
> back up was the film back, and I suppose I could have taken the R8, BUT I
> thought there would be film on the boat (there was 12 months ago), but 12
> months is a long time in the new photography/computer world and the company
> were selling memory cards and cd's not film, so my back up reverted to
> Helens E500. I bought her an E510 now so I can at least have the E500 to 
> act
> as back up to the DMR should I travel with it again.
>
> OH back up for the M8: with the price going up perhaps I should rush out
> and get one soon: especially as the Dollar here in OZ is strong BUT if I 
> buy
> a back up M8, I will find it hard to buy an R10 M9, so I will have to ride
> naked sidesaddle and just hope the wonderful electronics only fail at
> appropriate times. So far the DMR has had to go home to Germany when I
> wanted to travel with the M8 and the M8 has been back twice during the 
> times
> I wanted to use the DMR, so they have at least been behaving themselves ;-)
>
> Cheers
>
>
> --- len-1@comcast.net wrote:
>
> From: Leonard Taupier <len-1@comcast.net>
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] 16-16-15 lens comparison
> Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 22:23:49 -0500
>
> Alastair,
>
> I have wanted the DMR for some time. When I bought my R8 the intent
> was to get a DMR to go with it. I'm afraid I waited too long. Since a
> lot of my shooting is either birding or macro, like flowers, The long
> Telyts and the APO 100mm macro Elmarit on a 20D worked just fine.
> But I found my wide angle shots on a 1.5 or 1.6 crop body lacking. So
> I went to the canon 5D which I consider a very capable camera. Leica
> wide angle lenses don't work too well if at all on Canon bodies.
> Nikon lens are hard to focus without a focus confirmation adapter. I
> don't like the Canon wides. So I'll just wait for the D3. Fortunately
> the WATE on the M8 works just fine.
>
> Len
>
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