[Leica] The DM-R has landed!

[abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)]

I think you could get 5 20D's for the price of a DMR - one for every
ISO you care to use!

<grin>

Adam

On 2/1/06, Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca> wrote:
> Frank Dernie said:
> >>> 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.<<<
>
> But Frank for $6000. why would the photographer have to screw around
> fiddling things as you suggest? When a Canon 20D and or whatever other 
> Canon
> models do it with such simplicity as dialling up the number and capturing
> incredible positive results?
>
> I also realize many on the list never think there can possibly be any kind
> of fine quality at those ASA ratings. That of course is because they've
> never had to "work for a living" at producing photographs without any 
> excuse
> of.. "oh it was too dark!" Nor have they taken the time to find out what 
> can
> happen when you do shoot under those kind of light conditions.
>
> I'm sure the new breed at Leica Germany have forgotten what the hell 
> Leica's
> were used for... "shooting quickly, quietly and with no screwing around."
> And if the new "M digital Leica" can't reach ASA 1600-3200 they can kiss a
> bunch of dedicated M Leica carrying photojournalists good bye no matter how
> nice and shiny it looks!
>
> I don't doubt for one second there are ways this DMR unit can be fiddled to
> get a sort of 1600-3200 rating, but for the dollars, why the hell should 
> any
> one pay the money for it when it defeats the quiet, quick operation of 
> using
> a Leica? R or other wise?
>
> I'm gong to wait until some one makes a believer out of me before I spend a
> farthing on a DMR! Hell I'd buy another 20D first!
>
> ted
>
>
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