Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Geoff, My DMR is a fabulous tool too. It's different to using kodachrome, although the DMR files are pretty close to kodachrome in tonal and colour balance. But film is nice too, but just different. Shooting film in low light with a M2 and a 35 lux is fantastic. Charlie On 1 Nov 2008, at 15:19, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > Frank I have no experience with Canon. I'll leave any Canon > discussion to > those interested. Digital sensors are miles behind film in what > aspects? > I respectfully disagree regarding the M8. In my experience, images > from my > M8 are superior to anything I ever scanned from my film M's. That is > to say > in resolution, scalability, control, flexibility, convenience, > productivity. > Sorry but there it is. I suspect that users of the R8/DMR have some > views on > this also. > > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ > Maike Harbets speaks on the S2. .... So we will drop down this > technology to > our other systems. > Our priority is to modernise the R system which will be in the end > an R10, > definitely. > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On > Behalf Of > FRANK DERNIE > Sent: Sunday, 2 November 2008 00:54 > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] R10 news > > Quite so. A recent review of the new Canon 50D pointed out that > overall > resolution was not really improved over tha 40D, and the real world > results > very little better or worse due to lens and noise reduction > limitations. > But I have been told so very often digital sensors are still miles > behind > film....... ;-P > > > --- On Sat, 1/11/08, wildlightphoto@earthlink.net > <wildlightphoto@earthlink.net> wrote: > >> From: wildlightphoto@earthlink.net <wildlightphoto@earthlink.net> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] R10 news >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> >> Date: Saturday, 1 November, 2008, 1:27 PM A. Lal wrote: >> >>> I had a chance to speak to Ms. Harbets at the Leica >> booth at NY Photo-Expo >>> last week. I'd be very surprised if the R 10 goes >> on sale before the next >>> Photokina. By then C, N and S will probably have 30 >> meg sensors in their >>> top bodies. Not sure what Leica need to compete. >> >> C, N and S will need to revamp much of their lens lineup in order to >> take advantage of 30MP sensors. Early results from the 5DII suggest >> that its sensor is overkill for many of the EF lenses. Absent a >> completely new set of lenses, C, N and S will do better to address >> bit >> depth and DR deficiencies. >> >> 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information