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Subject: [Leica] Re:Skin tone - film vs. digital (not a debate)
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Mon Sep 4 01:35:08 2006
References: <44FA25D8.3030006@adrenaline.com><004501c6cefe$b6976cf0$0a01a8c0@MacPhisto> <44FA3B99.6020105@adrenaline.com> <009201c6cf18$0386f9e0$0a01a8c0@MacPhisto> <667e9af89b81d2d50135b9b26d715c80@earthlink.net>

I have been thrashing around since I came home from the Antarctic. My  
Hasselblad shots were few and far between in success, but the Olympus  
Digital was certainly a winner. So it occurred to me that with Helen  
winning a trip to the arctic, I may be forced to look at digital:  
perhaps the DMR. How do you find it handles for nature work?

Cheers
On 03/09/2006, at 19:53, Douglas Herr wrote:

>
> On Sep 2, 2006, at 10:15 PM, Christopher Williams wrote:
>
>> No digital can do NPH. Nada. Fuji S3 comes close. It's a shame  
>> Fuji is the
>> only one that tries to imitate film colors. Kind of like camera  
>> companies
>> should be the only one making cameras.
>
> Dare I mention this on a Leica list?  The DMR's color rendition on  
> AWB is as natural as I've seen from any film or digital camera.  I  
> rarely have to make adjustments other than a minor tweak.
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
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