Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/29

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Subject: [Leica] Journalist buys a Leica!
From: john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2012 03:40:06 +0000
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> frustrating that my Pentax K5 does ISO 6400 far better than any Leica does
> ISO 2500.

I think you mean any (current) colour Leica ;-)

John

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> Yes Richard, it is the content, and I have certainly advocated that 
> position
> many times. Yet it is disappointing that Leica is unable to give us good
> high(ish) ISO. Yes, occasionally an image shot at 1250 or 2500 is usable, 
> but
> just as often it is not. I know that in the film days we were happy with 
> grainy
> film images at 1600, but the goal posts have moved, and it is utterly
> frustrating that my Pentax K5 does ISO 6400 far better than any Leica does
> ISO 2500.
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
> On Dec 30, 2012, at 4:26 AM, Richard Man wrote:
> 
> > Let the avalanche begins :-)?
> >
> > I have two 13x19 prints hanging on my wall now taken ISO 2000. They
> > are in the 2011 LUG book. Look quite nice.
> >
> > For certain photography, it's not the (lack of) noise, it's not the
> > composition, it's not even the light. It's the content.
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 7:11 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz>
> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/photography-
> blog/2012/dec/28/l
> >> eica-m-e-rangefinder-photography?intcmp=ILCMUSTXT9387
> >>
> >> john
> >>


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