[Leica] Re:M8 DNG vs DMR DNG

[walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)]

Ted

I am curious as to one thing. While most of this arcane jargon is 
familiar to me does any of it make better images? Are any of the images 
( and I am including long-time pro shooters in this) better with 
digital? Damn, I got PS a long, long time back. Love using it and don't 
miss a darkroom at all, even though I spend years in them. My M6's 
become digital when I scan the films. Scan the darn film and save as 
tiffs. Would it be better to shoot with an M8 and save as raw. Will an 
M8 at max performance give better quality than a M6 with a roll of Velvia?

Aside from the immediate gratification of looking at the images as you 
go along I'd guess the M6/Velvia/AdobePS has quite an edge. Both in the 
end result and the effective cost. $5000 for a freaking body strikes me 
as a bean counters delight. I've been on a lot of assignments over the 
years and had to repair equipment on return. A bag full of M8s could 
finance a hell of a retirement, to your own Island. 
:-)                                       One other thing.....Would you 
be a bit bothered by having a nice 50 1.4 Summilux which has to loose 
some of its usefulness when put on an M8. Or  worse, a 21 2.8 ASPH?

I don't know the answers but certainly have the questions. Am I just old 
and set in my ways, much like many of the seniors were when I got 
started in the biz?

Walt

Ted Grant wrote:

> Harrison McClary offered:
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:M8 DNG vs DMR DNG
>
>>>> All of this is confusing, scary and very frustrating at times, but 
>>>> it is
>>>
>> what we do now.  No longer does it suffice to just be a 
>> photographer.  Now you have to know at least a little more than a 
>> passing familiarity with a computer, FTP, file formats and all such 
>> things.  Is enough to make your ears bleed at times. LOL<<<<
>
>
> Harrison me old son,
> Bleeding ears I could handle, but all this changing back and forth 
> with all these digital thingies hardly gives one a chance to learn 
> one, when all of a sudden it's a whole new situation and yer back to 
> square one wondering what the hell did I do to have to cope with all 
> this confusing stuff!
>
> I suppose each company is trying to grab the high ground, therefore 
> forcing everyone to conform to their software or whatever, instead of 
> all the companies getting together and stop being greedy and accept a 
> world standard of parameters everyone can live with.
>
> It would be quite a bit simpler for folks like myself and I'm sure I'm 
> not the only old guy standing on the street as life is whizzing 
> by.:-(  And quite frankly making some of us feel as stupid as a brick!:-(
>
> I had the very good fortune a week ago while I in Boston, to have 
> lessons from B.D. on RAW and why it's far better than shooting 
> everything on JPEG.
>
> He and Tina have been on my case for some time to go RAW and I'm 
> finally convinced to give it ago as soon as I get this International 
> Skate Canada assignment out of the way in a few days. I must confess 
> being back-up to my son is quite a change indeed. :-) But I love him 
> and his talent,  so it's no big deal! He'll save my ass in any event 
> as he needs no back-up. :-)
>
> My first day's reaction shooting these flying figure skaters was, 
> "Damn I used to be good!" ;-) Where in the good old days I would 
> jokingly say to myself screening slides ... "Damn I'm good!" That on 
> the occasion when I got really lucky and had a good one! ;-)
>
> WOW! The last time I shot figure skating was at the Winter Olympics in 
> Albertville , France 1992!
> Jeeeesh what a long-time ago that was..... What's worse... "Jeeeeeesh 
> how slow I've become!" :-(
>
> Just another nail in the coffin......." it ain't like you were!" :-(
>
> ted
>
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