[Leica] M Monochrom and APO Summicron 50 ASPH review by David Farkas

[richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)]

"I crank the ISO setting to 10,000 the other night on my <fill in the
blank> camera. Sure there is noise, but it's very film like"

On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 10:34 AM, James Laird <digiratidoc at gmail.com> 
wrote:

> It is a nice review. I don't agree though that 'Noise only exists in
> the shadows'. It's a problem in any area of the shot that has even,
> smooth texture, not just the shadows. IMHO
>
> Jim Laird
>
> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 7:38 AM, Frank Filippone <red735i at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
> > The problem with simplistically comparing sensor noise to film grain is
> that
> > grain exists over the entire image.  To the same degree.  Noise  only
> exists
> > in the shadows.
> >
> > The effect is different.  Better?  Worse?  Different.
> >
> > Farkas did a nice review.  Same lens, same Fstop, same baseplate even (
> > which probably means a tripod), same focus spot.  Different camera.
>  Results
> > were shown in a way that makes it easy to compare. 1 pixel on screen = 1
> > pixel from the file. No JPGs.  Nice job.
> >
> > Frank Filippone
> > Red735i at earthlink.net
> >
> > Also
> >
> http://www.reddotforum.com/content.php/231-ISO-Test-Leica-M-Monochrom-vs.-Le
> > ica-M9 - but not as useful IMO
> >
> >
> >
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