Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/26

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Subject: [Leica] High ISO Shot D4 M240
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 20:43:48 -0400
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My dentist is interested in a DSLR that he can hook up to his computer for
tethered macro shots for his office and high speed telephoto for his
vacation safaris.  Definitely not Leicas.

Tina


On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 3:57 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> 
wrote:

> Totally different cameras; the Leica is not as good at very high ASA, does
> not shoot as many frames/sec, is slow to use with zooms/long lenses etc.
> Its uses will stay as 'the personal camera', 'art' photography,
> photojournalism and for dentists......
>
> ;-) john - not a dentist
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > Was occurring to me last night as I'm walking down the sidewalk is in a
> way
> > things have stayed the same.
> > Though perceived as an unobtainable high ticket item an M6 cost what an
> F3
> > cost and an M4 cost about what an F2 cost. And son on back in time.
> >
> > Now the top of the Line Nikon cost $6,000 and the top of the line Leica
> cost
> > $6,950. I do think that if somebody could swing a D4 they could wait for
> one
> > more paycheck to come in and get an M240.
> >
> > And its not as if the New digital M's are feats of low tech engineering
> (cloth
> > shutter no AF) which seem like a lot of money when you can get High tech
> > engineering from Nikon or Canon for about the same money.
> > That was the case before.
> >
> > One could say the problem is if you want to get a handsome set of new
> Leica
> > glass to complete a very filled out system than that's way bigger bucks
> than a
> > case full of the Nikon Canon glass one guy buy on a whim at the end of
> every
> > month
> >
> > Thing is we can still go back a few decades and get used Leica glass at
> > whatever price point we choose.
> >
> >
> > On 6/24/13 1:29 AM, "Howard Cummer" <cummer at netvigator.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Jayanand,
> > > The blacks are impressively noise free. What noise reduction did you
> > > apply please?
> > > A curious D800E owner wants to know! :-) Howard
> > >
> > > Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 09:07:40 +0530
> > > From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
> > > Subject: [Leica] High ISO Shot
> > > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>, PSM
> > >
> > > I took the Nikon D4 for its first night outing yesterday to the
> > > Parthasarathy Temple at Triplicane, mainly to test its low light
> > > shooting credentials. I will post more later, but here is a shot at
> > > ISO12800, the only one I have processed yet, with an old lens, the
> > > Nikkor 35mm f2D. The only lighting is from a couple of small shops on
> > > the right side of the
> > > photograph:
> > >
> > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplicane/ParthaFe
> > > stN-2013
> > > 0623-734.jpg.html
> > >
> > > Please see LARGE
> > >
> > > Comments & criticism, as ever, welcome
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Jayanand
> > >
> > >
>
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>


-- 
Tina Manley
http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com


In reply to: Message from cummer at netvigator.com (H&ECummer) ([Leica] High ISO Shot)
Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] High ISO Shot D4 M240)
Message from john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] High ISO Shot D4 M240)