Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There was a comparison of the Canon 1Ds Mk II, Olympus E series,and the Leica R9 DMR several months ago, I think in Photo Techniques, by a LF photog. He found the R9 DMR the equal to the Canon, and surpassed it depending on what the final output was. His conclusion was his ideal camera would be the Canon 1Ds MK II body with Leica R lenses. His tests showed the R glass superior to L glass in every case. Pretty interesting article as it was a comparison of technologies and not camera models as the preface of the article. Gene -------------- Original message from Jayanand Govindaraj <jgovindaraj@eth.net>: -------------- > Dont you think, in the world of professional photography (Doug Herr > excepted), that the DMR is irrelevant? If cost/benefit does not enter an > equation, then it is just an instrument for rich amateurs to gush over > each other, like Linn turntables or Lamborghinis - a status symbol, to > be sold at a high price, in low quantities, to keep the cachet alive. > Classic Hermes marketing. I have yet to read a comparision of the DMR > with anything anywhere, either in print or online, in a non specialist > site. A Leica rangefinder is pretty unique, a Leica SLR much less so. > Cheers > Jayanand Govindaraj > Chennai, India > > David Young wrote: > > > Felix wondered: > > > > > >>> What's the nature of the difference > >>> > between the DMR and a D70/D200? > >> > >> Cost? > > > > > > > > There is, obviously, a firmware difference between the Nikon and Leica > > digital cameras/backs. I like the colouring of both, though the DMR > > seems to be closer to a Kodachrome... more muted colours than,say, > > Fujichrome, but a wee bit more accurate, too. > > > > But the HUGE difference is that every APS-C format digital SLR out of > > Japan has an Anti-Alaising filter, to reduce Moire patterns in the > > photos. The DMR, in keeping with it's MF format heritage (it was > > designed my Imacon - the big 6x6 camera back maker), does not have > > one, and used software to solve the problem, if need be. As AA > > filters work by making the final image a bit "fuzzier" (for lack of a > > better word) the DMR will deliver much finer detail than any of the > > Japanese DSLRs - pixel for pixel. > > > > As a result, the DMR is most often compared with the 16 mpixel Canon > > 1DS MkII, in terms of resolution. Not bad for a 10.2 mpixel camera > > back. :-) > > > > And, of course, the DMR accepts Leica glass. True, the Canon's will do > > that, with an appropriate adapter, but only with stop down metering > > and no auto-diaphragm. > > > > And when you compare the 1 DS MkII, to the Leica R9 with DMR, even > > new, the Leica is not a lot more, so I'm not sure cost enters into an > > "apples to apples" comparison. > > > > > > --- > > > > David Young, > > Logan Lake, CANADA > > > > Wildlife Photographs: http://www.telyt.com/ > > Personal Web-pages: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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