Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Forgive my skepticism, but those superlatives were what everyone was saying about the Kodak DCS 14n/c series of DSLRs, until they were finally released to the actual market, that is. Too good to be true :) I hope for the sake of Leica, though, that it is indeed as you've said, and that Leica sells enough of the digital backs to come through their current financial difficulties..... ---------- David Teo On 10-Apr-05, at AM 06:11, B. D. Colen wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of lennie > falcon > Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 12:30 PM > To: lug@leica-users.org > Subject: [Leica] leica digital back-initial test results > > we have been testing the digital r back for the past three days and > thought we would share some preliminary findings. leica usa has loaned > us their initial pre-production unit and the findings have been quite > favourable. we have thoroughly tested the unit attached to a g5 in the > studio and on location. it has performed flawlessly using the imacon > software. we have done side by sides with a kodak 760, a valeo 11 and a > sinar 54. the unit exceeds the 760 and the 11 in colour and it is on > par > with the sinar. the imacon software in combination with the digital r > is > probably the easiest high-end digital tethered package we have > experienced to date. we have not used the leica processing software > because of time constraints (the photoshop plug in is rgb, so we choose > the imacon because it has a cmyk engine but we assume it to be > excellent > based on the the overall performance characteristics. > > the major highlights (we will publish expande test results and images > this coming week on the lug): > > 1. the colour in raw-file format is outstanding, better than any > digital > camera we have tested with the exceptions of the sinar system and the > lumiere. fro practical purposes the only the sinar is equal. > > 2. the chip is very, very clean. noise levels at 100 and 200 are > extremely hard to find, if at all. at 400 and 800 the chip is cleaner > than everything we have seen of late. > > 3. the leica lenses in combination with the back offer unparallelled > image quality in a 30mb file. we are testing with 60mm macro(3-cam), > the > 28mm pc, the 100mm macro and the 21-35mm zoom. > > we will publish our results after first sharing the information with > leica, but from our experiences, thus far, the neagatives are very, > very > few. we have three photographers sharing the unit, so our experiences > are quite diverse. our output people are the very best in the country > using state of the art eval. techniques and equipment. stay tuned. > > falcon > > > ___________________________________________________________ > $0 Web Hosting with up to 200MB web space, 1000 MB Transfer > 10 Personalized POP and Web E-mail Accounts, and much more. Signup at > www.doteasy.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >