Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/28

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Nikon's got something..........
From: abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)
Date: Fri Nov 28 19:40:09 2008
References: <020901c9517f$77a68cf0$80f510ac@chris0436b6050> <440b792d0811281712y1a438d36q880fd2dd5a477d92@mail.gmail.com> <3cad89990811281927qf3b2070jf82e7fe0d74376ee@mail.gmail.com>

I don't understand why the "crop  mode" is important or even
desirable. It's not like you get to suddenly have bigger pixel buckets
or anything.

Could someone explain this?

Adam

On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 7:27 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand@gmail.com> 
wrote:
> I believe it is not the Sony chip. Sure they can charge over $5000, if it 
> is
> good enough. Sony seems to have limitations above ISO400 according to
> reviews...I bet Nikon delivers clean files at ISO 1600. It also has a crop
> mode at 10mp.
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 6:42 AM, mehrdad <msadat@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> the d3x is out, 24 meg like the sony iso to 1600, good studio camera and
>> daylight use, unlike sony, nikon has limited the iso to 1600. the question
>> is can they ask 5k for it when sony is asking 3k?
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Chris Williams <
>> leicachris@worldnet.att.net
>> > wrote:
>>
>> > D3 prices today - $4199
>> >
>> > D700 - $2400
>> >
>> > Something's coming I think even before the BIG announcement.
>> >
>> > Chris
>> > NOLA
>> >
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Replies: Reply from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] OT: Nikon's got something..........)
Reply from len-001 at verizon.net (Leonard Taupier) ([Leica] OT: Nikon's got something..........)
In reply to: Message from leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Chris Williams) ([Leica] OT: Nikon's got something..........)
Message from msadat at gmail.com (mehrdad) ([Leica] OT: Nikon's got something..........)
Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] OT: Nikon's got something..........)