Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/08

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Subject: [Leica] High ISOs Comparison
From: imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George)
Date: Fri Dec 8 06:58:00 2006
References: <A60E7CFF-A5DD-4A0E-BB3C-7324CEC5BBCA@comcast.net> <00e801c71a14$6908f010$6401a8c0@FrankDell2> <7.0.1.0.2.20061207144539.027f5450@infoave.net> <027473DB-BFFD-4A76-859B-36FDB50D2B17@mac.com>
 
According to Leica's spec sheet:

"DNG? (Digital Negative Format not specific to any camera  
manufacturer), 2 different highly compressed JPEG levels. DNG? file  
information 16 bit-color resolution, 10.2 Mbyte file size per picture."

Regards,
George Lottermoser
george@imagist.com



On Dec 8, 2006, at 7:16 AM, m4y@mac.com wrote:

> Yikes! 8 bit! I may have to rethink my upcoming purchase.
>
> Do the histograms fall apart when you stress them? I am NOT paying  
> an M8 price for that kind of rubbish. My 2 year old Sony toy does  
> better than that. I might as well just keep it if that's the case.
>
> But I have my heart set on the M8. Please tell me it isn't so!
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