Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/29

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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: Thu Apr 29 00:21:46 2004
References: <005a01c42da5$7471b800$6e05a8c0@mbms>

The scans I get from my Rolleiflex, Mamiya and xpan on the Nikon 
scanner are great, slides from my Leica scan fine. Fast films have so 
much grain as to be disappointing compared to digital and scanned 
transparencies. Perhaps it is the film.
Frank

On 29 Apr, 2004, at 05:50, mehrdad wrote:

> Frank, you might have been cheated be either the nikon scanner, leica 
> or
> your process. I scan iso 400 film (negs, not even slide) with great 
> success
> and assume results, send me some of your stuff and I will scan them 
> for you
>
>
>
> _______________________________
> Regards, Mehrdad
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+msadat=kiakki.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+msadat=kiakki.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of 
> Frank
> Dernie
> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 9:37 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Update on the digital back for the Leica R8/9 
> (DMR)
>
>
> My Canon D30 was clearly better at 400asa than 200asa Leica colour
> negatives scanned on a Nikon coolscan 8000.
> I have not checked since, just assumed my 10D is similar. To get
> superior overall from film I needed Kodachrome or Astia.
> Frank
>
>
> On 28 Apr, 2004, at 22:41, mehrdad wrote:
>
>> That's a first, most of the current ones and all the past are pretty
>> useless
>> @ 800 and color 400 quality is a long reach away from digital
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________
>> Regards, Mehrdad
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: lug-bounces+msadat=kiakki.net@leica-users.org
>> [mailto:lug-bounces+msadat=kiakki.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
>> FRANK
>> DERNIE
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 9:25 AM
>> 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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Replies: Reply from daniel.ridings at muspro.uio.no (Daniel Ridings) ([Leica] Update on the digital back for the Leica R8/9 (DMR))
In reply to: Message from msadat at kiakki.net (mehrdad) ([Leica] Update on the digital back for the Leica R8/9 (DMR))