Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/28

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Erwin Puts on the DM-R
From: scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin)
Date: Sun Aug 28 09:27:43 2005
References: <BF375C65.4563%bdcolen@comcast.net>

If no noise-removal has been applied, that is on damn impressive
ISO3200 image.

Scott

B. D. Colen wrote:

>Speaking of the narrowing gap....
>This image taken with the new full-frame Canon 5D and posted as a raw at
>dpreview, was shot at 3200 iso...
>
>http://img.dpreview.com/gallery/canoneos5d_preview/img_0128-raw-rit.jpg
>
>The question isn't the DMR and Leica's survival, but with Canon pushing this
>out the door at about 3K, it's every other company's ultimate survival....
>
>
>On 8/28/05 11:42 AM, "Steven A. Melnyk" <melnyk@msu.edu> wrote:
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>>I have just had a chance to review Erwin's comments on the DM-R and
>>frankly I am not too surprised. The long-term forecast for products
>>such as the DM--R is not good.  Why?  What we have in the DM-R is an
>>example of a hybrid technology.  These products and the technology
>>that they are based typically represent a stop-gap measure.  Examples
>>include the QBOF (the transition between the open hearth steel
>>furnace and the Basic Oxygen Furnace), the bias-ply radial, and the
>>steamship with sails.  In each case, the product thrived for a short
>>period of time but ultimately they fail.  They are replaced by
>>superior products and superior technology.
>>
>>In spite of how much we enjoy Leicas, their lenses and their
>>products, the reality is that for most photographers, the future is
>>digital,  With new advances coming out as quickly as they have been,
>>increasingly the quality gap between film and digital is rapidly
>>closing.  I have a number of Leicas (M5, M6 TTL, M7, R9).  Yet, I no
>>longer use them as often. Whenever I go out, I find myself reaching
>>for my Canon 20D or my Nikon D2H.
>>
>>Frankly, I am not too optimistic about the DM-R.  It is simply far
>>too little, too late, and too expense. My two cents worth.
>>
>>Steven A. Melnyk
>>Department of Marketing & Supply Chain Management
>>Michigan State University
>>melnyk@msu.edu
>>
>>
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