Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am amazed at the amount of Confirmation Bias rampant on the list! (-: It is an exceedingly dangerous mindset.... Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 5:42 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > Your whole photo deal is output defined. > If all you're doing is uploading jpegs which are a few hundred pixies > across > then its not really worth it to spend a lot of money on good camera bodies > with larger sensors and glass. You can use a point and shoot with a smaller > sensor than 1.5 or 2x crop. If you are somehow making it so people can > download large files from your work then its up a notch. And Printing > brings > out the worst and best about your gear. So if you have a print portfolio, > you hang shows or otherwise you print a lot its worth it to be very > selective about your gear. > And I doubt there's going to be a better way to go then with a Leica M no > number afterward and farily current Leica glass. > Leica S though is going to be a big notch up from that. > Would love to see direct comparisons between the same subject matter shot > with both systems. > S and M. ( get it!?) > And Leica M against canon and Nikon DSLR'S that everyone else is shooting. > > I cant wait to see my first Leica M movie. Shot with Summicrons. > Reminds me of the taste of wild hickory nuts.... > > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > From: Bob Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> > > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 11:18:41 -0800 > > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Review of Fuji's new X-E1 with zoom lens. > > > > We should bring our Leicas and Fuji's to the burning and then compare > prints!! > > > > Bob Adler > > > > On Nov 11, 2012, at 10:39 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > wrote: > > > >> You are a heretic, to be burned at the stake. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Nathan (who owns an M8 and an X100) > >> > >> Nathan Wajsman > >> Alicante, Spain > >> http://www.frozenlight.eu > >> http://www.greatpix.eu > >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > >> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > >> > >> > >> YNWA > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Nov 11, 2012, at 7:24 PM, jon.streeter wrote: > >> > >>> Is this why X100 images compare favorably with those from digital M > when > >>> seen on line, or is it because images viewed on line really can't be > seen in > >>> enough detail to-be judged? > >>> > >>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone > >>> > >>> ----- Reply message ----- > >>> From: "Aram Langhans" <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> > >>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > >>> Subject: [Leica] Review of Fuji's new X-E1 with zoom lens. > >>> Date: Sun, Nov 11, 2012 10:12 am > >>> > >>> > >>> Mark. Back in film days, the Leica quality was always with the lens. > All > >>> cameras could shoot the same film and vary the exposure the same way. > The > >>> lenses made the difference. > >>> > >>> Now, with digital, there is one more variable between cameras. The > sensor > >>> and firmware replace the universally available film. Leica has to get > that > >>> part at least as good as the competition for the lenses to make the > >>> difference again. Hope they can do it with the M and CMOS. They are > >>> competing with the big boys who have big bucks and lots of years of > >>> experience. > >>> > >>> Aram > >>> > >>> -------------------------------------------------- > >>>> On 11 Nov, 2012, at 00:47, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> I don't think any of them will really come close though. > >>>>> They'll be smaller and lighter then an M. But the image quality will > of >> > >>>>> the > >>>>> M will be plainly visible. > >>>>> Glaringly visible up from an APS- C camera. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Mark William Rabiner > >>>>> Photography > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >