Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/28

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Subject: [Leica] Update on the digital back for the Leica R8/9 (DMR)
From: frank.dernie at btinternet.com (FRANK DERNIE)
Date: Wed Apr 28 10:15:58 2004

I was first impressed by the 800asa performance in a
dark crypt using my Canon D30.
Frank

 --- "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote: >
What's your digi?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
>
[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org]
> On Behalf Of
> FRANK DERNIE
> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 12:25 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Update on the digital back for
> the Leica R8/9 (DMR)
> 
> 
> 
> Yes but my digi camera at 800asa is better than any
> 400asa film I have used (not many!)
> Frank
> 
>  --- "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote: >
> It
> all depends what you use the camera for. I agree
> > whole heartedly with
> > Lucian - particularly at this stage in digital
> > development. But if you
> > shoot K64, or similarly slow films all the time,
> > you'd be happy with a
> > digital with a top ISO of a staggering 200. Which
> is
> > what makes for
> > horse races...or horse walks in this case.. ;-)
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:
> > lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
> >
>
[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org]
> > On Behalf Of
> > FRANK DERNIE
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 5:20 AM
> > To: Leica Users Group
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Update on the digital back
> for
> > the Leica R8/9 (DMR)
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > It is interesting how varied we are. I have been
> > taking pictures for over 40 years now and have
> never
> > even tried a film faster than 400asa, and I did
> that
> > when I started as a teenager, and repeated from
> time
> > to time to see what the fuss is about. I usually
> use Kodachrome 64, 
> > hence my need for a Leica as I am using
> > wide apertures most of the time here in England.
> The
> > only time I needed faster was in a crypt where the
> > Kings of the Navarre are buried, there I used
> 800asa
> > on my Canon D30 and got results way better than I
> > would have had on film, it was a decisive moment
> for
> > me. 
> > I can't imagine using >800asa as a matter of
> course!
> > 
> > Frank
> > 
> > --- Lucien <director@ubi.edu> wrote: >
> > > mehrdad wrote :
> > > 
> > > >
> > > > Lucien, the maximum iso is not at important as
> > the
> > > maximum usable and
> > > > for
> > > > that we have to wait.
> > > >
> > > 
> > > Mehrdad,
> > > 
> > > In September, if the maximum ISO setting is
> still
> > > 800, I'll know that
> > > I'll never buy it. No need of a test.
> > > 
> > > Lucien
> > > 
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