[Leica] MM DNG Files from Tina test

[hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)]

You can take a look with some diagrams (although there are some typos) on
the Leica website. Basically they are saying that the new custom sensor
places the photosites closer to the front in the sensor 'sandwich" and the
micro lenses are a different shape. Reportedly those changes mean that the
sensor is much less sensitive to steeper incidence angles that are a
characteristic of the short lens register and some wide angles designs in
particular. That should mean that the camera does not have to make the same
corrections in firmware that are now necessary. There is quite a lot that
has to be done in M9 processing to make those lenses work well and it was
possibly one of their largest technological hurdles.
I will be very surprised if the M typ 240 images are 'less sharp' .  Apart
from the sensor output some of the higher ISO/noise performance comes from
how clever the processing is in camera. For example the new Nikon (and the
big one, Canon) dSLRs have very high ISO options. Some of their performance
though reflects what is much better processing in camera.

For example, you might be surprised to see a comparison of the M9 and the
D7000 or D600 (Sony sensors) files at 1000 ISO with all of the NR turned
off.

I certainly plan to find out how well the new M typ 240 does ;-)
.

Cheers,
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman



On 24 November 2012 08:14, jon.streeter <jon.streeter at cox.net> wrote:

> The new M 240 is very close to the Leica I've been dreaming about.
>
> What is "Specifically the new micro lens configuration with shallower
> photosites."
>
> And will CMOS produce a less-sharp image while yielding a higher ISO?
>
>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone
>
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: [Leica] MM DNG Files from Tina test
> Date: Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:14 pm
>
>
> John, the additional features announced for the M typ 240 actually do
> pretty much comprise the wish lists of many in the internet forums.
> Liveview, video, EVF, focus peaking, R lens functionality, weather sealing,
> better LCD, bigger buffer and 50% faster frame rate. Maestro processor,
> higher ISO, much higher battery capacity/life.
> No one has a production camera as yet of course, but to me the potentially
> largest improvement may come from the different architecture of the new
> custom sensor. Specifically the new micro lens configuration with shallower
> photosites. If it performs as announced this may reduce or eliminate all of
> the firmware corrections (vignetting, "red" edges) that proved necessary
> with M wides in particular,
>
> Cheers,
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>
>
>
> On 24 November 2012 06:14, jon.streeter <jon.streeter at cox.net> wrote:
>
> > Years ago, a sales person told me about a conversation he'd had with a
> > Leica rep.  The salesman said he'd passed on to the Leica rep certain
> > wishes of Leica owners about features they wanted on Leicas.  The rep
> > responded:  "Leica duss not giff people vat dey VANT; it giffs dem vat
> dey
> > NEED."  The sales guy did the German accent as part of the story.
> > I do wonder sometimes what kind of Leica we'd have if we all got our
> > wishes.
> >
> > Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone
> >
> >
>
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