Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Geoff, The D3 prints are by John Shaw, who is, by the way, an acknowledged master of nature photography, whose books are the starting point for any budding nature photographer and a Nikon legend - I don't own a D3: http://www.johnshawphoto.com/ http://nikon.net/dyn/articles/article_detail/99.html I have four prints of Doug of varying sizes, from small to big, all printed by him, so I am comparing the two sets. I think I will exit this debate right now - as usual nobody reads what I write carefully, and nobody is willing to have an open mind on this. Cheers Jayanand On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 7:46 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au>wrote: > Jayanand I only have smaller (A4) prints here from you and they are not > from > your D3. I'm sure that it is a great outfit for convenient wildlife > photography with a big AF zoom. The recent stuff you have shown from Africa > is very impressive in its web sizes. > What I do have though are two large prints (up to 450mm) from Doug, one by > him and one carefully printed by me from an original file for a charity > auction. That one is higher key and subtle toned. Both are absolutely > superb > in detail and colour rendition and in fact every technical quality. To look > at these close up is a revelation and a joy. > You might need to qualify your statement that the Nikon combo is better ;-) > Do you mean more practical /easier to get good results with? Obviously Doug > is an acknowledged dedicated expert here. It would be a pretty bold claim > that the Nikon output is technically better than that of the DMR in expert > hands. > > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ > Maike Harbets speaks on the S2. .... So we will drop down this technology > to > our other systems. > Our priority is to modernise the R system which will be in the end an R10, > definitely. > > -----Original Message----- > Subject: Re: [Leica] R10 news > > Frank, > I dont agree - they sell photographs for a living, unlike you and me. Any > long term survival of any company depends on being able to sell a product > in > the niche where it excels. I was also comparing the D3 to the R8/9 with > DMR, > and not to the M series. Incidentally, I have a few prints taken by Doug > Herr with the DMR, as well as quite a few taken with the D3 combo I was > referencing, and I think that for wildlife/birds the Nikon combo is better > - > I again reitirate that this is based on examining prints and not on seeing > small jpg on the net. I myself use the 200-400, but with the D300, and it > is > the best and most versatile long lens I have owned for wildlife. It is not > useful at all for street photography, though (-: !! > Cheers > Jayanand > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >