Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/01

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Subject: [Leica] accidentally left the ISO setting on 6400 -- dang!
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 07:31:43 +0100
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I love my f1.4 Leica lenses, which make it tolerable to have a camera that 
tops out at 1250. But it would be even better to have those 1.4 lenses 
combined with sensor performance a la what Kyle showed. I am greedy :-)

Nathan

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On Feb 2, 2010, at 12:29 AM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote:

> Fair call, Jeff, assuming of course the maximum aperture is the same ;-) I
> don't see any Nikkor pro FX zooms faster than f/2.8? and of course they're
> large. Horses for courses and all of that. The D700 seems to be a real 
> sweet
> spot in their range for enthusiasts.
> I'm with you on comparing the M8/9 to any films I'd used previously.
> Looking at Kyle's result, you'd have to be happy with that performance. All
> of the ultra high ISO numbers in the newest Nikons and Canons seem over the
> top to me, personally.
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman



In reply to: Message from kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu (Kyle Cassidy) ([Leica] accidentally left the ISO setting on 6400 -- dang!)
Message from jbm at jbm.org (Jeff Moore) ([Leica] accidentally left the ISO setting on 6400 -- dang!)
Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] accidentally left the ISO setting on 6400 -- dang!)