[Leica] MM DNG Files from Tina test

[jon.streeter at cox.net (jon.streeter)]

I get that.  I am very fond of my M3.  It can be ponderous on that first 
shot because I have to take a light reading and transfer the info to the 
camera.  For me operating meters has always been problematic:  I tend to 
forget what I've just read on the meter.  But once I'm set, there is no 
finer camera -- well,my Rollei was the same in responsiveness -- for getting 
the shot I see.

On the other hand, I've been toting a Fujifilm X-100 for a over a year, and 
I've become enamored of its superb image quality even at ISO 6400, and its 
versatility:  in-camera panoramas, video, 8 frames/second, full auto to 
almost full manual, and the OVF/EVF feature.  And I can't help wondering 
what it would be like to have an M that can do all this and still behave 
like an M.

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----- Reply message -----
From: "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Subject: [Leica] MM DNG Files from Tina test
Date: Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:20 pm


The only one of those "wishes" that I would be interested in is the
weather-sealing.  Anything else makes this somekind of
Fraken-Leica/Canon.  Not interested!

Tina

On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 5:14 PM, 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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