Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i tested the rd1 for a day with the new m 50 1.4 in germany at photokina. the raw files exhibited limited dynamic range as tiffs. although when the light is well balanced the files are very sharp, the colours are extremely accurate and the dynamic range seems less of a problem. you have to be a photoshop wizz with very low or extremely contrasted lighting. you can get an excellent 12x18 with minimum effort utilizing 200 asa and tiff files. the camera focus with the new summilux was very stiff and slow, so one can not assume leica lenses will work as well with real m's. i'll try it again next week with a 28mm summicron and put the files out for comment. the properties of the new 50 summilux are almost essential in low light. t.t.f.n., falcon ___________________________________________________________ $0 Web Hosting with up to 120MB web space, 1000 MB Transfer 10 Personalized POP and Web E-mail Accounts, and much more. Signup at www.doteasy.com