Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]One thing I don't get about these discussions re high ISO performance -- Why do you need more than 400 or 800 ISO with a Summilux or Noctilux? I have shot newlyweds leaving their reception under street lights at night with 400 ISO with a Noctilux., and everybody seems to be saying the 640 setting is great. Tom Schofield On Nov 11, 2006, at 3:11 PM, Richard wrote: > Yup, M8 is definitely an M8. The size, weight, shape, and of course > the viewfinder say, :Leica M: The shutter sound is different, > yet... very similar to low speed on the film Ms. Imagine the sound > of the 1/15 on a film M sped up. Here's my obligatory "test" picture: > http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/PICS/L1000005.jpg > > 75/1.4 'lux at 1.4 > > The ISO 1250 shots look worse than the RD-1 at 1600, IMHO, but > that's a very unscientific observation. Apparently there are now 28 > people on the K&S waiting list :-) and the Norcal rep. says he has > 250 camera in the first batch and of course they are all accounted > for. > > Too bad there are 5003 reasons not to buy it: the first 5000 are > the killer reasons, the last 3 are nits: > - 5001: lack of shutter arm (no biggie) > - 5002: various white balance, banding issues (almost certainly > software fixable) > - 5003: magenta black (almost certainly don't happen all that often > "in real life" and most likely will be fixed one way or the other) > > Now to address the first 5000 reasons... > > At 12:31 AM 11/11/2006, pmcc wrote: > >> Here's the pdf: >> >> http://www.kspphoto.com/media/event_data/leica/Leica_card.pdf >> >> Peter. >> SF, CA >