[Leica] IMGS: Tests with MM and M246

[Mark Rabiner]

When doing a test of any kind you want to limit your variables to if
possible only one thing you are looking to test so the end result shows what
are you are looking for not numerous other things.
Tina  when your put your camera on a tripod to test your film or lens you're
not testing your tripod. You're testing the sharpness of your film and or
lens. Your just taking out the variable of the hand holding which is quite
high.
If you don't use a tripod it could be said all your testing is your hand
holding ability.
Exceptions would be be if you were using a flash whose very fast durations
make for a realistic expectation of how much sharper one lens might be over
another. Or film or sensor.
Perhaps another would be the Bonneville Salt Flats at high noon.
On a Tuesday.


On 2/11/16 2:17 PM, "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> wrote:

> As I have said before, I do not do controlled tests on tripods.  I do real
> life tests the way I would use the cameras.  Tripod tests would be of no
> use to me since I never use a tripod.  I hold the camera or prop it on the
> nearest post.  It works for me, maybe not for others.
> 
> Tina
> 
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 1:43 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote:
> 
>> Not on a tripod so hard to compare (viewpoint changes), look for tonality
>> differences at 320-1600asa as the 246 is better at +5000asa
>> 
>> john
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> 
>> PESO:
>> 
>> I did some tests with the Noctilux and Summilux on the MM and M246.  I
>> have a hard time telling the files apart.  I did notice that neither camera
>> records the aperture correctly because all of the photos were either shot
>> wide open or at F/8 and they were not recorded that way.  I also shot some
>> with both cameras at ISO 6400 but that was not recorded either. The M246
>> files are about half the size of the MM files.  These are the ones shot
>> with the 50/1.4:
>> 
>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/162551679
>> 
>> and hit next until the end.  These have absolutely nothing done to them
>> except importing into LR as raw files and exporting to pBase as jpegs. I'll
>> post the Noctilux ones later.
>> 
>> Tina
>> 
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>> 
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