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Subject: [Leica] The DM-R has landed!
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Wed Feb 1 11:12:21 2006
References: <20060201115701.63919.qmail@web25503.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

Talking of equivalent film speed has anybody tried the film trick of  
pushing 2 stops at the 800 asa setting and "correcting" exposure in  
the RAW convertor?
Could work - may give it a try myself on my digital.
Frank

On 1 Feb, 2006, at 11:57, Nick Roberts wrote:

> When UK's "Amateur Photographer" magazine reviewed the
> DMR, they similarly bemoaned the limiting of the ISO
> range because of the excellent capabilities of the
> device, and were confident that it could cope not just
> with 1600, but with 3200 and that it was thus an
> opportunity missed. Now I know some people cannot
> conceive of ever using such a speed (hello, Peter!),
> but it's surely one of the huge advantages of digital
> capture. Excellent quality at low settings, as
> witnessed by Peter's shots, and the ability to get a
> usable shot in pretty dark conditions with just a
> simple adjustment. I'm sure Leica will address this in
> future, but in the meantime, it's not the tool for
> Ted. Which is a shame.
>
> Nick
>
> --- Douglas Herr <telyt@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> on 1/31/06 10:50 PM, Ted Grant at tedgrant@shaw.ca
>> wrote:
>>
>>> For the moment there isn't a hope in hell I'd buy
>> one to use on the type of
>>> assignments I shoot, unless without question, the
>> meter can be set at ASA
>>> 1600 and 3200. And it produces better quality
>> capture than my Leicanon 20D
>>> at those ASA ratings.
>>
>> Ted, you might be interested in this thread on
>> photo.net:
>>
>>
> http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00F5p6
>>
>> No mention of 3200 but 1600 is described as a 'no
>> brainer'.
>>
>> Doug Herr
>> Birdman of Sacramento
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>>
>>
>>
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Replies: Reply from abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge) ([Leica] The DM-R has landed!)
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