[Leica] IMGs: About those iPhones

[Mark Rabiner]

Red dot?


On 8/25/16 6:36 PM, "George Lottermoser" <george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote:

> 
>> On Aug 25, 2016, at 4:40 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:
>> 
>> ts very frustrating to me to run into people who tell me how excited they
>> are about photography, image making and make long trips to make images but
>> in a million years can't understand why they'd have to put down their iPhone
>> for one second and maybe  buy a camera. I'm meeting a lot of people who
>> don't own cameras.
> 
> OR
> they may be using
> a Leica phone
> and you are not even aware of it.
> 
> They have two to choose from:
> 
> <http://www.gizmodo.in/indiamodo/Huawei-P9-With-Dual-Leica-Lens-Is-The-Nicest-
> Camera-Phone/articleshow/53770018.cms>
> 
> Now, the main claim to fame of this phone is its dual 12-megapixel cameras on
> the back, which use lenses by iconic camera brand Leica. And, if you use the
> phone and start clicking photos from this phone, image quality is light-years
> ahead of what you traditionally get from say an iPhone or the new Samsung
> Galaxy.
> 
> As they say, the devil is in the details, and the secret behind the superb
> rear camera on the P9 is the combination of a RGB sensor and a monochrome
> sensor, which allows the phone to absorb more light than its competitors.
> Furthermore, the collaboration with Leica lends the phone two 6-element
> Summarit lenses, which ensures, this phone just capture gorgeous photos.
> 
> And when we say gorgeous, we don't mean unreal. We mean realistic photos, with
> true to life colours, accurate white balance and tonality something Leica's
> cameras are known for
> 
> <http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/panasonic-cm1/panasonic-cm1A.HTM>
> 
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> 
> http://www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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