Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Following a couple of tests, I have purchased a Canon G11 which has shown it can give very good results for the price when I am shooting raw with it. Thanks for all the suggestions, 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 On 31 Jul 2010, at 19:02, Rei Shinozuka wrote: > 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information