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Subject: [Leica] (tech) You get what you pay for ;-)
From: john at chiaroscuro.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2012 22:55:07 +1200
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I never said what the camera was until then ;-)

john

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Thanks John,


I had seen these two superb photos - and probably commented - but hadn't 
paid attention to the gear involved or  must have thought it was the M9.


Ph




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Message du : 01/07/2012 10:23
De : "John McMaster " <john at mcmaster.co.nz> A : "Leica Users Group" <lug 
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Sujet : Re: [Leica] (tech) You get what you pay for ;-)


http://johnmcmaster.com/PESO/Flowers/flowers2012/content/_DSC0020_large.html 
is D800E with 80mm Summilux

john
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thanks for this interesting comparison


Anyone tried a summilux R on the D800E?
TIA
Ph





Just did some quick tests for a friend:

35mm at infinity

   Leica M9, 35mm Summilux asph FLE at f2.0 and f5.6

   Nikon D800E, Zeiss ZF.2 35mm f2.0 at f2.0 and f5.6

   The Leica at f2.0 is comparable to the Zeiss at f5.6

50mm at ~1.4m

   Leica M9, Noctilux f1.0 at f1.0

   Nikon D800E, Nikkor 50mm f1.2 AIS at f1.2

   Looks like the Nikon 50mm back focused a little (was done by viewfinder 
rather than liveview), but the Noctilux sharpness and bokeh is far superior.

The Nikon images are quite yellow compared to Leica and the Nikon tends to 
overexpose, I know to put it 1/3 to 2/3 under what it says but they are 
still a bit bright.

john





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Message from john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] (tech) You get what you pay for ;-))
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