Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I quite sincerely hope for the sake of those who want it that what was posted is 100% accurate; it better be for the price that's being charged. :-) -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of eric Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 6:49 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] leica digital back-initial test results here's to hoping for truth in advertising. Eric ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 6:11 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] leica digital back-initial test results > Nobody from this list. So I'd really like to know who he is and what > his relationship is with Leica. Was he asked to do this testing > because he has a brother-in-law in the Leica shipping department? Or > was he paid by Leica to do the testing - in which case his post is an > advertisement. > ;-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf > Of Jeffery Smith > Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 5:58 PM > To: 'Leica Users Group' > Subject: RE: [Leica] leica digital back-initial test results > > > Falcon? > > Jeffery Smith > New Orleans, LA > http://www.400tx.com > > > > -----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 > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information