Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/27

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

Subject: [Leica] Another MM write-up
From: dstella1 at ameritech.net (Dante Stella)
Date: Sun, 27 May 2012 20:06:30 -0400
References: <80F9701439F20347874CE5E4E03C22E971F2AB2E@WhizzMAIL01.whizz.org> <80F9701439F20347874CE5E4E03C22E971F37867@WHIZZMAIL02.whizz.org> <610BB8F2-6FE2-4202-9C0A-9A249434D6A9@ameritech.net> <CAE3QcF5rs6=Eg+=HLXnx4iW8NY_Po5X-0xsqM3cnE+SfLkHczw@mail.gmail.com>

And for the record, I think any hue or cry about loss of compressed DNG 
files is a fairly weak complaint.

Dante

On May 27, 2012, at 7:28 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote:

> And the glass half full answer might be that only extremely dedicated
> shooters will buy the camera and those are unlikely to give up any possible
> quality from the raw files ;-)
> Actually I think  this one has used as much off the shelf M9 as possible
> for cost containment (as the M9 did with M8 components)
> I think I read that the raw file sizes are the same as from the M9 and the
> buffer performance unchanged too. That is same number of frames and
> leisurely operation!
> 
> One unconfirmed report is that there may only be a run of 1000 of these.
> I speculate that it won't be the last M with a monochrome sensor.
> 
> Cheers,
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
> 
> 
> 
> On 28 May 2012 09:08, Dante Stella <dstella1 at ameritech.net> wrote:
> 
>> The cynical answer is that removing the compression option saved a couple
>> hundred K of firmware size, allowing the company to downgrade the flash 
>> ram
>> from 1gb to 512mb, thereby saving two dollars per camera and guaranteeing
>> no major firmware improvements ever.
>> 
>> The truth is probably that the low cost of SD memory eliminates one reason
>> to compress.
>> 
>> I'm just kidding about manufacturing cost savings.
>> 
>> Dante
>> 
>> On May 27, 2012, at 6:53 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote:
>> 
>>> One interesting bit (I thought) was that DNG compression is not
>> available on the MM. If a full colour M9(P) can have it and it is regarded
>> as lossless (although not called such) why not put it on a greyscale
>> camera....
>>> 
>>> john
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: John McMaster
>>> Sent: Sunday, 27 May 2012 9:41 p.m.
>>> To: Leica Users Group
>>> Subject: Another MM write-up
>>> 
>>> http://www.reddotforum.com/content.php/226-Leica-M-Monochrom-Review
>>> 
>>> john
>>> 
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Leica Users Group.
>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> Leica Users Group.
>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information


In reply to: Message from john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] Another MM write-up)
Message from john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] Another MM write-up)
Message from dstella1 at ameritech.net (Dante Stella) ([Leica] Another MM write-up)
Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] Another MM write-up)