Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ha, stupid gmail copy and paste. I try to get the glyph of raison d'?tre and it kept the reference link to the wiki article. On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 4:43 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > I had been about to write and correct that ;-) > > Many reviewers have pointed out that both MM firmware (rather than camera) > and the 50AA are liable to change before production release. > > I did not expect the MM to be a large run, where did you hear of the 1000 > units Geoff? > > john > ________________________________________ > > > b) I meant LOSSY compression of course > > On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Richard Man <richard at > richardmanphoto.com > >wrote: > > > Or that > > a) it's a pre-production firmware > > b) the lossless DNG compression on the M9 depends on certain voodoo magic > > about the image file characteristic (because in the end, it's compressing > > 12 bit data down to 8), and such voodoo does not work on the monochrom > data > > as you will be throwing away dynamic range data, which is the raison > d'?tre > > ** <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raison_d%27%C3%AAtre> of the MM. > > > > > > On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 4:08 PM, 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 > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>