Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/01

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Subject: [Leica] DMR Landing & Knowing What You Are Doing
From: bruce at ralgo.nl (bruce)
Date: Wed Feb 1 03:40:56 2006
References: <200602010714.k117Bt9u087558@server1.waverley.reid.org> <004001c62721$1b0d2c50$6501a8c0@none729d257894>

Hi Martin,

I think the comments from the LUG revolve around the fact that Leica  
should have made operational  provision for 1600 and 3200  
ISO ............... and that the quality of the chip seem to be  
sufficient to provide that.

B.

On 1-feb-2006, at 12:17, Martin Krieger wrote:

> http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00F5p6
>
> I just wanted to encourage all to see this series of posts that  
> Doug Herr provided the URL for. After hearing so many complaints  
> about why the DMR, how it will kill Leica, etc etc, here is someone  
> who says: if you know what you are doing you can get superior  
> performance, and as far as I can see he is not being paid by anyone  
> to say that. And that is the general Leica theme: if you know what  
> you are doing, you can get superior performance.
>
> My version of this is the following. I want to be able to see  
> detail at the edge of the frame (so that I can read something that  
> is posted on a wall, but which I never even thought to look at  
> closely when I was making the photograph). Will the Leica lens be  
> good there (and not only or mainly in the center parts)? Yes, if  
> you know what you are doing... (actually, even if you don't know  
> what you are doing!--for they are designed for a more balanced  
> performance over the frame, or so it seems).
> Martin Krieger
>
>
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