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 for the record, I think any hue or cry about loss of compressed DNG files is a fairly weak complaint. Dante On May 27, 2012, at 7:28 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information