Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sometimes the noise is acceptable in BW with the gain up. There will be a demo here in LA in about a week, or so. I'll check it out then. S. Dimitrov > From: "Don Dory" <dorysrus@mindspring.com> > Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 16:46:29 -0500 > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Subject: RE: [Leica] Real world digilux 2 info Diglux beats Olympus > > Slobodan, > No, I didn't try it in B&W. Panasonic had hired a photographer who did > some B&W landscapes with the Panasonic progenitor and the > tonality/sharpness was quite good although he was only showing prints in > the 8X range. > > Digital noise was not readily apparent at an ISO of 400 and even so > there were several noise reducers shown with the product Nik possibly > the best combination. > > Don > dorysrus@mindspring.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Slobodan > Dimitrov > Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 4:37 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Real world digilux 2 info Diglux beats Olympus > > A friend of mine asked a Leica rep. about the price. He's comment was > that a > lens alone cost that much. > Did you try out the D-2 on B&W? > S. Dimitrov > >> From: "Don Dory" <dorysrus@mindspring.com> >> >> Some on the list will comment on the price. That is what it is, my >> comment would be that this is a tool that enables some types of >> photography that are more difficult in the SLR world. One example is >> that the viewfinder can be used to look at the histogram: this confers >> privacy and allows use in very bright conditions. >> >> My comments would be remiss if I did not complain about the 400 ISO >> limitation. For serious work a you have to underexpose one to two > stops >> and work in RAW to bring back a useable image. >> >> Don >> dorysrus@mindspring.com >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html