[Leica] XP-2

[Howard Ritter]

Audiophools philes addicted to equipment porn. Hardly better than some Leicaphools philes. No one on this list, of course!

Has anyone ever seen even an attempt at an engineering justification of these baubles that explains what $2000 (or even $0.02) benefit comes from making the last 2m of the AC power chain out of sintered unicorn gallstones while leaving the hundreds of miles of exposed, weathered lines, coming thru multiple substations and transformers, interconnected to all manner of noisy users, from the power plant to the mains socket untouched? Or a blinded A/B test between one of these and the factory cord?

—howard


> On Nov 25, 2015, at 2:58 PM, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> $500 doesn't buy much of a power cord :).
> http://www.essentialsound.com/essence-power-cord/
> 
> Ken
> 
> On 11/25/2015 1:22 PM, Bill Pearce wrote:
>> No you're missing out on the meaningless bullshit. It's like guys that think their stereo sounds better with a $500 power cord from the amp to the wall, but are clueless about the wires from the wall to the breaker box to the street. It's like the monks arguing over the number of angels on the head of a pin. I was just thinking, as I read the business about Samsung exiting the camera business how things have changed. I think that today you can get results from FF/APS/MFT that are more than good enough for anyone.
>> 
>> -----Original Message----- From: Dante Stella
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2015 12:48 PM
>> To: Leica Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] XP-2
>> 
>> Does a 1/3 stop even make a difference? Or is 320 a lucky number that people remember from TXP120? Serious question.
>> 
>> I see references everywhere to rating 400 film of various types at 320, and it seems a bit strange because few film cameras are accurate and consistent enough to predict a blanket rule with an almost insignificant amount of overexposure. Virtually anything with a leaf shutter is already overexposing by at least that much -- meaning that "320" really means 250, and 2/3 stop is much more noticeable than 1/3. And with all mechanical shutters, each speed can have a different error in a different direction. The other thing is that C-41 processing, at least commercial processing, is not that consistent either.
>> 
>> And having put a densitometer to silver negatives exposed at one-third stop increments with very accurate electronic shutters, it does not tend to drag meaningful detail out of the toe. And it makes zero difference to tones on a straight-line film like TMY. Maybe things are different with XP2, but even eyeballing its curve, it seems doubtful that (an actual) 1/3 stop would do very much.
>> 
>> Or maybe I'm missing the magic here? I take the suggestion seriously coming from you, but it still seems slightly superstitious.
>> 
>> Best,
>> Dante
>> 
>>> On Nov 25, 2015, at 12:35 PM, Paul Roark <roark.paul at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Overexposure lowers grain but also lowers contrast.  I used 320 most.  You
>>> can use the typical negative film approach -- expose for the shadows and
>>> let the highlights go where they may.  It's hard to burn them out with that
>>> film.
>>> 
>>> Paul
>>> www.PaulRoark.com
>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 9:27 AM, Bryk Oliver <oliverbryk at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> How should I rate XP-2 if none of the images will be printed?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for any advice based on experience,
>>>> 
>>>> Oliver
>>>> 
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