Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i think mark reiterates a point that is often overlooked in the press, which is that squares (square millimeters) matter. as an example, the DLUX4 is a neat little camera, with a wide and fast lens, but for image quality, a beat-up DSLR like a canon 20D, 5 years older and 2 megapixels fewer, is simply superior. and there's a world of difference between the DLUX4 and the M9. it's a different paradigm than the analog days, where under the right circumstances a point and shoot like a Contax T3 could give a Leica M6 a run for the money and produce slides and negs hard to distinguish. maybe u4/3 bridges that gap, i don't know, i haven't shot them. perhaps the X1 will do the job. i don't think mark is so much a naysayer, as the voice in the wilderness who points out that in the digital world today, there's a performance gap between system cameras and P&Ss. he attributes much of this to sensor size differences. i tend to agree with him. -rei On 07/31/2010 11:57 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > You're getting rather tiresome, Mark. > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > YNWA > > > > > > On Jul 31, 2010, at 8:42 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > > >> A normal lens for a G11 would be a 9.5mm lens!! You sure you want to >> mention >> this toy in the same sentence paragraph or page as a Leica M9 or m8? >> >> Its like saying you cant afford an M6 so you are buying a Minox IIIs >> (8x11mm format) >> Does not compute. Apples and oranges!!! >> Nobody ever used a minox spy camrea for the kind of photography that an M6 >> could do. >> Its not that much different as digital sensors go compared to film. >> >> -- >> Mark William Rabiner >> mark at rabinergroup.com >> >> >> >>> From: Gerry Walden<gwpics at me.com> >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group<lug at leica-users.org> >>> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:05:38 +0100 >>> To: Leica Users Group<lug at leica-users.org> >>> Subject: [Leica] Digital point and shoot >>> >>> I have got to the stage where I want an alternative to my Nikon DSLR >>> gear that >>> is more like the M6 I used to know and love. The reality is that I want >>> an M8 >>> or M9 but simply cannot afford more than about ?400 ($600) and have been >>> looking at the Canon G11. Are there any viable alternatives that shoot >>> RAW out >>> there, with personal recommendations? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Gerry >>> >>> Gerry Walden LRPS >>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 (Office) >>> +44 (0)797 287 7932 (Mobile) >>> Web: www.gwpics.com >>> Blog: www.gerrywalden.wordpress.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >