Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Howard has the right of it! Adam On 10/29/06, Howard Cummer <cummer@netvigator.com> wrote: > Hi Luggers, > I broke down and spent the $26 to subscribe to Sean Reid's review > site in order to read for myself his two part review on the M8 (which > overall he likes very much) and obtained from him permission to quote > this comment on high ISO performance: > > > "At ISO 160 and 320, there's little noticeable difference between > > the noise levels of the M8 and 5D. At ISO 640, the Leica shows > > slightly more noise than the Canon but it's a minimal difference. > > At ISO 1250 the M8 clearly shows more noise than the 5D but it's > > fairly moderate if one allows C1 to do its default "color noise > > suppression". At ISO 2500/3200 it's clear that no one would mistake > > ISO 2500 files from the M8 for ISO 3200 files from the 5D. --- The > > Canon files at maximum ISO are undeniably cleaner and show little > > of what we might call "digital grain". *But * if one follows the > > workflow described above, he or she can create very beautiful, > > somewhat "grainy" files from the M8 at ISO 2500. They will be > > grittier than those from the Canon but they're not unusable for > > many kinds of work. It's interesting to note that the fine detail > > seem in the M8 sample made at ISO 160 can still be seen at ISO > > 2500; the latter file is gritty but precise. The Canon file seems > > to show somewhat less detail at ISO 3200 than at ISO 160. Given > > that both cameras's files were converted in C1 with the "noise > > suppression"slider at its lowest setting. I'm puzzled as to why the > > Canon alone seems to have lost some of the detail one might expect > > to lose from luminance filtering" > > > > > > At the end of the review Sean concludes that the M8 is one of a short > list of very competent digital cameras and that its introduction is a > commendable accomplishment. > I enjoyed the other articles on the site which have a major focus on > rangefinders, especially the RD 1, and lenses for digital > rangefinders and would recommend it to others who want a > photographer's review of cameras rather than a gearhead's. And no, I > have received no consideration from Sean for this endorsement, except > his courtesy in letting me quote from the review above. > Cheers > Howard (in HK) > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >