Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gene, I don't think the 180mm comparison will be too useful. I've compared those two lenses on the same body and the Leica is a much higher resolution lens. That's looking at both at f4. But the zoom comparison should be interesting and probably a good test. I compared the Leica-R 35-70mm against the Nikon's 24-70mm predecessor, the 28-70mm f2.8 and found the Leica lens had slightly higher contrast. The newer 24-70mm is a better lens though. For both tests I used the Oly E-M5 which has a higher resolution sensor than either the DMR or D800 but being a M4/3 sensor my test was only on center resolution. Len On Nov 30, 2012, at 5:50 PM, grduprey at mchsi.com wrote: > Frank, > > No I have not seen any comparisons of the DMR and D800E. Can't > comment on the D800, but I do have a D4, and just off the top, the > DMR does a fair job against the D4 for an 8? year old design. > Although I have not made a side by side comparison of images. The > D4 kills the DMR when it comes to high ISO, and kills just about > anything else in that category. The D4 is very waterproof, from > recent experience, where the DMR may not be as good, as I keep it > out of the rain when I am not shooting, but it has not had any > glitches when it did get wet, but I worry about the motor to camera > interface not being too water tight. They are both heavy, pretty > close actually, the DMR on the R8 is a bit shorter than the D4. > Turn on is much slower with the DMR, and so is write speed. The > buffer on the DMR is very small, where the D4 buffer is vast and > you can shoot rapidly with no problem of the camera slowing down > (great for bird in flight photos), although i would bet Doug would > out do it > with the DMR and a single click ;). The R8DMR is a bit quieter, > noise wise, but the D4 beats the D800 or D700 by light years in > this area. I prefer the simplicity of the DMR controls over those > of the D4, although the D4 controls are well laid out, when > compared to earlier Nikon DSLRs, and definitely better than Canon > DSLRs. You can get D4 batteries, where the DMR batteries are rarer > than Hen's Teeth, and must be rebuilt or use an external source if > you cannot get them rebuilt. The charge also lasts way longer than > the DMR's batteries, although they are not cheap by any measure. > The auto focus on the D4 is simply AMAZING! It locks on very fast > and no hunting at all, even in low light, MF with the D4 and older > MF Nikkors is very good also, as it has a bright view finder (but > not as quite as bright as the R8 I think). MF on the DMR is > getting a bit slow with my 64 year old eyes, but still works good > in most light levels. Build for both is excellent, but would give > the D > 4 a bit of a nod here, due to the previously mentioned motor to > camera body interface of the DMR. I will go out this weekend and > do a side by side image test of the two, probably with the 180/2.8 > MF Nikkor, and the 180/3.4 R APO lenses (Similar vintage lenses), > don't have any other similar lenses to compare. But could do a > comparison of my 35~70R zoom and my 24~70 AF-S Nikkor zoom. Any > thing I have not covered, that you would like to know? > > CHEERS, > Gene > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Frank Filippone" <red735i at verizon.net> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 1:22:20 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada > Central > Subject: [Leica] Comparison of DMR to Nikon D800E > > Has anyone seen a comparison of the DMR and the Nikon D800E? Using > Leica > glass, of course. > > > > Frank Filippone > > Red735i at verizon.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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