Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug, I have seen wonderful images made by all the cameras you mention. Perhaps some of the credit belongs to the person behind the camera? I love the images the DMR makes, but I'm not sure they will "alone" save my photography ;-) Cheers Alastair > It reminds me of when the first battery-dependent cameras became > available. Many old-time photographers pointed out - quite loudly, too - > that once the batteries in these new-fangled electronificated cameras died > the camera was a paperweight. > > The DMR's battery capacity isn't as good as most other DSLR cameras. Big > Freaking Deal! The last time I had an opportunity to compare results from > the DMR with other DSLR cameras was at a California Raptor Center open > house event, where several of us in a Northern California group worked > side-by-side (the others were there at my invitation). It's pretty much a > no-brainer that I was the only one using a DMR; the other cameras were > D300, 20D and 5D IIRC. The event was outdoors on a dark, overcast > drizzly/rainy day under the cover of several mature oak and redwood trees. > > On spec sheets the R8/DMR was a poor choice for this event: no high-ISO > capacity, no IS or VR lenses, no weather sealing, slow frame rate, and > there's that wimpy battery capacity thing too. During the event I wiped > the water off the camera as much as I could, changed batteries as needed, > and retreated to the truck during particularly rainy spells. Once we all > got our results & compared them the differences were startling. The other > photographers photos looked fine until they were compared (all on the same > monitor) with the DMR photos: their photos had weaker colors, clipped > highlights and weaker shadow detail. The clarity, color quality and tonal > range of the photos from the DMR was startlingly better. Seems to me that > changing batteries is a small price to pay for these results. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >