Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And the glass half full answer might be that only extremely dedicated shooters will buy the camera and those are unlikely to give up any possible quality from the raw files ;-) Actually I think this one has used as much off the shelf M9 as possible for cost containment (as the M9 did with M8 components) I think I read that the raw file sizes are the same as from the M9 and the buffer performance unchanged too. That is same number of frames and leisurely operation! One unconfirmed report is that there may only be a run of 1000 of these. I speculate that it won't be the last M with a monochrome sensor. Cheers, Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 28 May 2012 09:08, Dante Stella <dstella1 at ameritech.net> wrote: > The cynical answer is that removing the compression option saved a couple > hundred K of firmware size, allowing the company to downgrade the flash ram > from 1gb to 512mb, thereby saving two dollars per camera and guaranteeing > no major firmware improvements ever. > > The truth is probably that the low cost of SD memory eliminates one reason > to compress. > > I'm just kidding about manufacturing cost savings. > > Dante > > On May 27, 2012, at 6:53 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > > > One interesting bit (I thought) was that DNG compression is not > available on the MM. If a full colour M9(P) can have it and it is regarded > as lossless (although not called such) why not put it on a greyscale > camera.... > > > > john > > ________________________________ > > From: John McMaster > > Sent: Sunday, 27 May 2012 9:41 p.m. > > To: Leica Users Group > > Subject: Another MM write-up > > > > http://www.reddotforum.com/content.php/226-Leica-M-Monochrom-Review > > > > john > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >