Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The ISO above 400 is unacceptable. JSJ On 11/16/06, Bob Shaw <rsphotoimages@comcast.net> wrote: > Saw and handled this camera at the recent Seattle area Leica Akademie. > > Thing I really liked was - interchangeable lenses - and an optional > adaptor for Leica R lenses. > > And of course there will be other DigiLux 3 lenses to follow in 2007. > Larger sensor with larger pixels with CMOS LIve chip hence way fewer > noise issues due to heat buildup. > > Not Solms-built APO or Asph glass, but also not your Solms prices but > commendable optics for the the sensor at a more affordable price point. > > So: any images out there, any owner (not website/magazine) reports? > > Thank you . > > Bob in Seattle. > > > > > > On Nov 15, 2006, at 18:17, lkhermann wrote: > > Dear LUG, > I have read with curiosity references to the relative dimness of > the > M8 viewfinder when compared to some other M camera's viewfinder. To my > eye there is no difference between my new M8 and my fairly recent MP, > my 16 year old M6, (it did have an MP rangefinder transplant) and my > 1961 M3. Distrusting my own eyesight, I conducted an experiment using > the cameras pointed at an illuminated surface and measuring the output > of the eyepiece with a Luna-pro digital light meter. There was no > difference in the reading. To me this says that the rangefinders are > of equal brightness. There were differences in the apparent color of > the display seen in the viewfinder, the M3 had a cooler color to my > eye, the others appeared the same. > > Lee > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >