[Leica] DMR mk II ?

[abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)]

Plastic skin tones, eh?

Riiiiiiight. Keep telling yourself that. Perhaps in the way that some
audiophiles find ways to criticize sound.

I think I see things pretty well and I won't call the skin tones out
of the 1Ds "plastic". It's just FUD.

Adam

On 2/3/06, pwerner@bluewin.ch <pwerner@bluewin.ch> wrote:
> Glad to hear from somebody on this board who is a happy DMR owner.
>
> So am I. The low light capability could be better, but the image quality
> is superb. I am not only talking of sharpness. Other DSLR may produce sharp
> pictures, too (and skin tones that look like plastic). IMHO the outstanding
> feature of the DMR is the color rendition.
>
> After having used Canon and Fuji Pro DSLR, for the first
> time with digitals I found that the finished print had that "Kodachrome"
> look, as opposed to the Fuji or Ektachrome colors of the competiion.
>
> Some may prefer a skin rendition that looks like plastic, I definitely
> prefer the Leica rendition.
>
> As far as I am concerned, there is no need, right now, for a Mark II.
>
> I hope I do not start a flame war
> Another happy DMR owner and "old hand" (May 2005).
>
> Peter