Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Totally different cameras; the Leica is not as good at very high ASA, does not shoot as many frames/sec, is slow to use with zooms/long lenses etc. Its uses will stay as 'the personal camera', 'art' photography, photojournalism and for dentists...... ;-) john - not a dentist > -----Original Message----- > > Was occurring to me last night as I'm walking down the sidewalk is in a way > things have stayed the same. > Though perceived as an unobtainable high ticket item an M6 cost what an F3 > cost and an M4 cost about what an F2 cost. And son on back in time. > > Now the top of the Line Nikon cost $6,000 and the top of the line Leica > cost > $6,950. I do think that if somebody could swing a D4 they could wait for > one > more paycheck to come in and get an M240. > > And its not as if the New digital M's are feats of low tech engineering > (cloth > shutter no AF) which seem like a lot of money when you can get High tech > engineering from Nikon or Canon for about the same money. > That was the case before. > > One could say the problem is if you want to get a handsome set of new Leica > glass to complete a very filled out system than that's way bigger bucks > than a > case full of the Nikon Canon glass one guy buy on a whim at the end of > every > month > > Thing is we can still go back a few decades and get used Leica glass at > whatever price point we choose. > > > On 6/24/13 1:29 AM, "Howard Cummer" <cummer at netvigator.com> wrote: > > > Hi Jayanand, > > The blacks are impressively noise free. What noise reduction did you > > apply please? > > A curious D800E owner wants to know! :-) Howard > > > > Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 09:07:40 +0530 > > From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > > Subject: [Leica] High ISO Shot > > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>, PSM > > > > I took the Nikon D4 for its first night outing yesterday to the > > Parthasarathy Temple at Triplicane, mainly to test its low light > > shooting credentials. I will post more later, but here is a shot at > > ISO12800, the only one I have processed yet, with an old lens, the > > Nikkor 35mm f2D. The only lighting is from a couple of small shops on > > the right side of the > > photograph: > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplicane/ParthaFe > > stN-2013 > > 0623-734.jpg.html > > > > Please see LARGE > > > > Comments & criticism, as ever, welcome > > > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > >