Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Landscapes are going BIG nowadays. Dinky little B&W don't cut it any more when you hang next to a 40x60" multi-hundreds MP images from stitched Alpa and the like. There are definitely appealing advantages to a D800E with 3 T/S lens for landscape work.... On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 8:25 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > Its just that tripods and assortment of lens and national parks that's > just > sound likes serious landscape work to me. The people most likely to go big > are the landscape guys. Hense the film days they were shooing medium > format. > Or large format. > So that fact that you can get larger format quality using your existing > 35mm > glass with a camera which looks like and is a 35mm DSLR and pay only 3 > grand for the camera instead of 2 it sounds like a sure D800 deal to me. > Unless you've got your camera on a tripod shooting the Half Dome so you can > post a little picture on the internet. And you just hope nobody sees it and > asks you to hang a show. > > > On 1/21/13 11:12 PM, "Aram Langhans" <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote: > > > I just bought the D600. Reason was size and weight. From what I learned > > playing around with them, as far as image quality, other than the higher > MP > > and corresponding image sharpness, the quality is about the same. Slight > > advantage to 800E. For me that did not overweigh the difference in size > and > > weight as I will carry a camera for 8 or more hours hiking around > national > > parks carrying an assortment of lenses and a tripod. If these are not > your > > concerns, get the 800E. > > > > And since I was stepping to FF from the D7000, the layout of the buttons > and > > controls was almost the same, so it has been a very easy learning curve. > > > > Aram > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mark Rabiner > > Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2013 3:42 PM > > To: Leica Users Group > > Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Nikon comparison... D800E and D600 > > > > People getting the 600 get it because it gets them in the full frame came > > very respectably and for the least amount of money. > > > > People getting the 800e are getting it because they will spare nothing to > > get the very best output supposedly. An amazingly high rez camera which > may > > compete with medium format results. > > Get ready to spend regular money one hard disk upgrades these files are > huge > > for full frame files. > > Some people, maybe me feel the D800 really has too high a resolution. > > Its nothing short of amazing we are looking at 2 vs 3 grand here in this > > comparison. Both are a hell of a deal. > > > > I'm also looking at the D3x as my next camera instead of the D800 in some > > ways for me its more of a dream camera which could come true which could > > made for me getting better shots. > > Also a Leica M. > > > > > > On 1/20/13 9:47 AM, "Frank Filippone" <red735i at verizon.net> wrote: > > > >> Is there someone out there that can compare these 2 cameras for > >> > >> 1) Image quality > >> > >> 2) "higher" ISO performance.. Ie, noise > >> > >> 3) User friendliness.. ergonomics > >> > >> 4) If you traded one camera for another, why? > >> > >> > >> > >> I can read and compare the specs, but comments from those actually using > >> the > >> camera are what I seek. > >> > >> > >> > >> Comments about movie making will be lost on me. I have no interest. > >> > >> > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Frank Filippone > >> > >> Red735i at verizon.net > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>