Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Foveon CCD gives marvelous color results, but is noisy and, even worse, attached to a camera with write speeds that make you wonder if the camera is stuck in a do loop. Sent from my iPad Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, Louisiana USA On Aug 27, 2012, at 18:58, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > The way I see it any image we see nowadays in the media and done by > commercial photographers; masters of their craft are done with CMOS > sensors. > The only cameras without them are medium format digital and small point and > shoots. So this distain for the look of CMOS I think can only be found on > the LUG. Not in the real world. Its academic in the worst sense. And its > not > as if we have a choice. If Nikon or Canon or anybody else felt there was > some edge they'd get with coming out with a CCD based DSLR or other serious > camera in the 24x36mm realm they'd have done so long ago. There isn't so > they haven't. These people are not stupid. And they are making highly > competitive gear. Its Leicas job to come out with something just a tad > better or more. I think the M10 will be clearly that. Much more so than the > M9. > > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > >> From: Alastair Firkin <afirkin at afirkin.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:21:23 -0400 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica ME? >> >> The CMOS sensor has advantages, but arn't we giving up the 'beauty' of the >> CCD which we have all been praising for so long ;-) >> >> >>> On Aug 26, 2012, at 9:41 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >>> >>>> I think its phony becuae its saying that BECAUSE it has a CMOS sensor >>>> its >>>> going to have live view. And video. I'm going to stick my neck out and >>>> say >>>> both live view and video are very un Leica like and will never been seen >>>> in >>>> a Leica M. things are just not that bad and I don't think they ever will >>>> be. >>>> I so have some faith left in the human spirit. >>>> So I'm thinking these people must but Gearhead idiots I've never heard o >>>> them before. Their next review will be of a compact portable hard disk >>>> which >>>> backups wireless with a clever blinking light which goes from red to >>>> green. >>> >>> If the damn thing has a Cmos sensor >>> it damn well better have live view. >>> Obviously a big plus for all sorts of photography; >>> not the least of which is the use of R lenses. >>> >>> While, when turned off, not in anyone's way. >>> >>> Regards, >>> George Lottermoser >>> george at imagist.com >>> http://www.imagist.com >>> http://www.imagist.com/blog >>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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