Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/11/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > I think someone would take these two image from this example > and carefully match them so they would be in all respects identical and > that > would take less then four minutes tops. Nope. I tried. I'd be glad to send the raw files to anybody and let them try, too. > > I'm still assuming an M9 with its full frame sensor can shoot rings around > a > DMR in most circumstances which would be of course more extenuating. As in > maybe iso 400 and maybe not high noon on a roof. > I'll get around to trying that but right now I'm working at high noon on a roof ;-) > > I don't think Leica all of a sudden got stupid when it picked out the > sensor > and its back up mechanisms for the Leica M9. > No, but Leica said all along that such a thing as a full-frame digital rangefinder was impossible. They made some compensations and compromises and came up with the M9. True, it has less compromises than any other digital rangefinder ;-) but it's not perfect. Close as we have though. Tina > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com