Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/23

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: [Leica] D700
From: benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 11:31:28 +1030
References: <AANLkTi==1DyE_UJcz1K8wBbVYeKc6J2hnxoNLym_Jqmf@mail.gmail.com> <C8E7DCF0.567F%mark@rabinergroup.com> <AANLkTimjS2d218X6uV83jE4+JZyPWfizocV8dHgKKcFV@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTi=e1PgkHToFfGhOdCSGcBgxN2_5gZtFkqGuOVHh@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTimUS4K=naRQJVi_2aCqRgApVNQ=BVEpbZ_-6OoC@mail.gmail.com> <7df9b9cd519acc1476b3b248b75f8f1b.squirrel@emailmg.globat.com> <AANLkTik+OVcQEBsBxRVogEKnex2b298sD20wDycC3hbW@mail.gmail.com> <C44BF5A6-B70F-4FDF-A771-8123706D95E4@mac.com> <AANLkTimA5jj7hzEEVu6FdRNHxuP-AXXKW-7=zN2bUYH8@mail.gmail.com> <4ddcbfca79de83a3b7a15f1790503393.squirrel@emailmg.globat.com>

For me, anything past about 12 mp is wasted anyway.  If I need to make
gigantic prints there is always Photoshop or plugins that extrapolate
extra pixels.  resolution has never mattered to me much, except in
rendering texture.  The D700 suits me fine.  The thing I like best
about Leica Ms is that the bodies are small, compact and simple and
the view is direct.  None of these SLRs are any of those things, but
the D700 is the smallest and simplest.  The D3 cameras make me feel
like I'm working as a photographer again, with the sore shoulders and
back to match.

Marty

On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 11:26 AM,  <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote:
>> I only tested the A900 with 35, 50 and 85 mm lenses. ?I liked the way
>> images from it in low or contrasty light looked like the scene I was
>> photographing straight out of the camera, rather than like the scene
>> taken in flat bright daylight, like the D700, Canon 5D and other very
>> capable full frame cameras tend to, and the general film-grain look of
>> its noise when it became apparent.
>>
>> But the lens range is limiting and I wouldn't buy one just on the
>> principle that if I need to use a tilt-shift lens, or a 14 mm lens, or
>> whatever, I can easily hire one for a Nikon, whereas I cannot for a
>> Sony here in Australia. ?I can also easily mount a D700 on any of my
>> microscopes with a Nikon built C-Mount adaptor, whereas I looked and
>> as far as I can tell no such thing exists for the Minolta-Sony mount.
>> Maybe it does, but I couldn't find one.
>>
>> Marty
>
> So Marty would you go D700 or cough up for the D3s/x. The x would
> "emulate" the sony in file size.
>
> Alastair
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>


Replies: Reply from afirkin at afirkin.com (afirkin at afirkin.com) ([Leica] D700)
Reply from leicaslacker at gmail.com (kyle cassidy on the lug) ([Leica] high megapixels (was Re: D700))
In reply to: Message from benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney) ([Leica] D700)
Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] D700)
Message from benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney) ([Leica] D700)
Message from richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] D700)
Message from benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney) ([Leica] D700)
Message from afirkin at afirkin.com (afirkin at afirkin.com) ([Leica] D700)
Message from richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] D700)
Message from zoeica at mac.com (Chris Williams) ([Leica] D700)
Message from benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney) ([Leica] D700)
Message from afirkin at afirkin.com (afirkin at afirkin.com) ([Leica] D700)