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Subject: [Leica] Ricoh GR digital - some of my tests
From: rangefinder at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig)
Date: Sat Mar 18 00:44:52 2006
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Nathan
The pictures looks sharp, the colors very, very saturated (as with most 
p&s). High ISO noise with a 1/1.8" sensor is to be expected. You hopefully 
know there's also a 3:2 image ratio option with this camera?
Me now going Davos, Plus-X, CV 28, M6.
Cheers
Didier


>I was not going to post these images, but since this thread is of interest 
>to many, here are some pictures I took in Val d'Isere with my newly 
>acquired GRD this week. I was staying in a chalet with broadband and Wifi 
>(plus many other creature comforts), so I brought my laptop and posted some 
>images to show my family where I was. I must stress that these are 
>processed on a laptop and so will be re-done now that I am at home (and I 
>have a lot of other images to edit).
>
>In a nutshell: Didier is absolutely right about the hot shoe. The 28mm 
>finder from Stephen Gandy is perfect on this camera. The Ricoh performs 
>very well, but let's not kid ourselves: images shot at 800 or 1600 with a 
>tiny sensor are noisy, no matter what. I shot some images inside bars and 
>in the chalet at 800, but they will need some Noise Ninja before I post 
>them. So for happy party snaps it is better to use the flash at stay below 
>400 on the ISO--the higher speeds should be reserved for situations when 
>you want to be unobtrusive.
>
>Anyway, here are the pics:
>http://wajsman.smugmug.com/gallery/1274687
>and here are some initial comments I put on my blog:
>http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog/?p=63
>
>Both of the above will be updated later this week.
>Kind regards,
>Nathan





Replies: Reply from nathan at nathanfoto.com (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Ricoh GR digital - some of my tests)
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