Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/13

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Subject: [Leica] Leica M9 comparison shots added to dpreview database
From: csaganich at gmail.com (Chris Saganich)
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:11:40 -0400
References: <4E94DE91.1060800@cox.net> <2EF3FB02-DF83-484D-A23F-17D8EB919BBE@frozenlight.eu> <4E94ECFC.5030200@cox.net> <BB4D816C-1B8F-4F0E-B54D-6CA5851C1D26@frozenlight.eu>

I've never understood why people want to take pictures in the dark anyway.

On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 2:57 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at 
frozenlight.eu>wrote:

> I'm not surprised. I don't have an M9, only the lowly M8, but I have seen
> enough M9 images and spoken to enough M9 users to realize that high ISO 
> just
> is not a Leica strength, period. My Pentax K5 is far superior to my M8 in
> this regard, and looking at the dpreview samples, it is also superior to 
> the
> M9. But below ISO 800, Leica rules.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> On 12 Oct, 2011, at 9:27 , Mike Durling wrote:
>
> > I was particularly surprised for example that there wasn't a lot of
> difference between the Panasonic GH2 and the M9, just looking at the high
> ISO images.  I know that these aren't real-world tests and that high ISO is
> not why you buy an M9.  Still, I wasn't expecting them to be so close.
> >
> > As a long time Leica user I'm not trying to bash the M9.  Just, well,
> surprised.
> >
> > Mike D
> >
> > On 10/11/11 8:34 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> >> In what way were you surprised, Mike? That some of them outperformed the
> M9 at high ISO?
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Nathan
> >>
> >> On 12 Oct, 2011, at 2:25 , Mike Durling wrote:
> >>
> >>> DPreview has a nice feature where you can compare identical test shots
> taken with different cameras.  You can select the base ISO and pan around
> the image to see how each camera images details and brightness ranges.
>  Obviously its only one data point in comparing camera systems, but I love
> to bump the ISO up to 1600 and see how each camera does on this particular
> test.
> >>>
> >>> The main page:
> http://www.dpreview.com/news/1110/11101110leicam9comparisonshots.asp pits
> the M9 against some other full frame cameras.  I was pretty surprised
> comparing it against some smaller sensor models.
> >>>
> >>> Mike D
> >>>
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> >> Nathan Wajsman
> >> Alicante, Spain
> >> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> >> http://www.greatpix.eu
> >> http://www.nathanfoto.com
> >>
> >> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0
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> >> Blog: http://www.nathansmusings.eu
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> http://www.greatpix.eu
> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>
> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0
> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman
> Blog: http://www.nathansmusings.eu
>
>
>
>
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