Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I would consider a digital camera IF and only IF: 1. It were feasibly portable and not too big 2. It could work with a laptop as a field camera for outdoor use 3. It produced STUNNING images, AT LEAST as good as the ones I get from scanning Leica chromes onto PhotoCD 4. It had a recycle time under a minute 5. On the computer screen, an image created with it could not be told apart from a high-res PhotoCD image Does anyone here know much about 3-CCD digital video machines like the Canon and the Sony? How about the Optura? I have seen an Optura demo at Samy's in LA and on a 32" TV screen its quality was extremely good with 400 lines of resolution. I am not sure what would happen when trying to get those images onto computer. Francesco At 01:14 PM 6/22/98 , Jim Laurel wrote: >From what I can tell, the S1 is a dedicated high-res studio camera -- pretty >big and ungainly. And someone on the list mentioned that you have to wait >60 seconds between frames??? Yikes! The 6m pixel DCS460 takes 3-4 seconds >between frames to record the image to the PCMCIA card drive which, in >practical use, I found much too slow. The new Canon EOSD2000 can shoot 12 >frames at 3.5 fps before it has to write to disk -- not bad, but the D2000 >is only a 2m pixel camera. > >--Jim > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Five Senses Productions [SMTP:fls@5senses.com] >> Sent: Monday, June 22, 1998 12:03 PM >> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us; >> 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' >> Cc: 'B. D. Colen' >> Subject: RE: [Leica] Is the Leica an endangered species? >> >> What about the S1 or 4x5 digital backs? >> >> >> At 10:55 AM 6/22/98 , Jim Laurel wrote: >> >Sorry, B.D., I've got to take issue with this. I've shot features with >> the >> >Kodak DCS460 (billed as the highest resolution digital camera in >> >production). The quality was nowhere near 35mm, particularly when it >> comes >> >to very contrasty scenes. Reciprocity failure was a constant problem for >> >exposures over 1/4 second or so. It's not just price...there are some >> >significant technology issues to overcome. And there is significant >> >degradation when you use these digital backs at high ISO ratings as well. >> >Digital still has a long way to go to overtake 35mm. >> > >> >--Jim Laurel >> > >> > >> >> The quality is essentially here now, it's the price that's the >> >> issue - to which I note that the computer on which I send and receive >> >> E-mail >> >> goes today for literally less than half what it cost when I bought it 9 >> >> months ago. >> >> >> > >