[Leica] DMR at 1600 iso

[kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)]

we need the link please, Chandos...



Steve
On Sep 30, 2005, at 3:36 PM, Chandos Michael Brown wrote:

> Many of you have seen this before, but this image (and many like  
> it) is one
> of the reasons I sold my Noctilux.  I made this with an E1 and the
> 11-22/2.8-3.5, exposed at 1/40 @ f3.1 @ ISO 1600, cleaned up a very  
> little
> bit with Neat Image.
>
> I made this before I fully grasped the capabilities of color  
> correcting RAW
> files (it?s a JPG), which would have given yet better color  
> balance.  This
> makes a superb 8x10, and I don?t think that I ever got a color  
> image with
> the Noct under similar lighting conditions that came close to this.  
> I?ll
> freely admit that it?s not a great photo and that more capable  
> hands than
> mine can do more with the Noct, but the E1 *and* this lens cost me  
> less than
> the Noctilux, and the prospect of shelling out $5K for a digital M and
> contending with the crop factor for my remaining Leica lenses  
> leaves me
> absolutely cold.  Moreover, I could cycle through a couple of  
> generations of
> DSLR bodies and still spend less than what appears to be the  
> projected price
> of the fist generation d-M body.
>
> I wish Leica the best of luck with this new body, but I ain?t  
> buying one for
> low-light work.  I?m *already* making satisfactory images in available
> darkness.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chandos
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> SonC@aol.com
> Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 5:25 PM
> To: lug@leica-users.org
> Subject: Re: [Leica] DMR at 1600 iso
>
>
>
> In a message dated 9/30/2005 4:20:52 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> bdcolen@comcast.net writes:
>
> It's  ludicrous that Leica, the company that gave the world
> the useable  rangefinder, and, for that matter, the concept of low- 
> light
> photography,  should have difficulty supplying that.
>
>
> Rob's stuff at 800 looks pretty good to me, and he says the stuff   
> prints
> nicely.  I have to take his side here, because I have several of   
> Rob's
> prints,
> and I can tell you,  I trust his judgement of results.
>
>
> Regards,
> Sonny
> http://www.sonc.com
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>
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