Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Looks like a win win. Both remarkable cameras. Bob Bob Adler Palo Alto, CA http://www.rgaphoto.com ________________________________ From: "afirkin at afirkin.com" <afirkin at afirkin.com> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Thu, April 21, 2011 10:07:01 PM Subject: [Leica] DMR V D3s Well, I suppose I am about to find out. The upcoming trip to Kenya made me think seriously about my SLR. Taking the Leica meant no backup other than film or invest more in the DMR system. All cameras have inherent strengths and weaknesses. There is a reason that Leica has stuck with CCD sensors but the DMR does have some 'handling' issues. I was eventually convinced that the weaknesses out weighted the strengths for a trip to Africa and began to look at alternatives. This began seriously in October last year and I have gone from Sony to Olympus to Pentax to Canon and finally to Nikon, and the D3s arrived 3 days ago. 2 days later I had a lens and could begin to 'play' with it. If there is interest, I will happily 'bore' you all with the reasoning behind the change, and the results of my initial exploration. I have not sold the DMR or any lenses, and I hope to run a few side by side trials, both using L v N glass and L glass on both. This will NOT be Puts like, but a more practical low gut like investigation, perhaps supplemented by some side by side prints. I will say, that day one would suggest that the sensor handles noise in a remarkable way. An example: this image straight from the camera via LR. http://tinyurl.com/3nr9zwq Cheers and here's luck Alastair > On Apr 21, 2011, at 2:54 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > >> On all accounts the results and handling of a D3s is going to blow the >> DMR >> out of the water. > > Seems a bit overstated. > Have you ever "handled" either a D3s or R8-9/DMR Mark? > Have you ever viewed a DMR RAW image file? > Have you compared dynamic range or fine detail in RAW files from both > cameras. > > Without doubt the D3s has capabilities which the R8-9/DMR does not. > And the R8-9/DMR has handling characteristics which the D3s does not. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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