Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Would you say you could get an Optura image as good as a PhotoCD scan on a computer screen? At 04:44 PM 6/22/98 , Jim Laurel wrote: >Yes, I actually bought one and Canon kindly loaned us another as well as a >pre-production XL1 and a IEEE1394 capture board. We found image quality to >be about the same for both cameras (Optura and XL1, that is), which was a >surprise. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Five Senses Productions [SMTP:fls@5senses.com] >> Sent: Monday, June 22, 1998 4:28 PM >> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us; >> 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' >> Cc: 'B. D. Colen' >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Canon Optura >> >> Do you own the Optura? >> >> >> At 03:43 PM 6/22/98 , Jim Laurel wrote: >> >My lead picture of this dispatch was a beautiful Persian girl, drawing in >> >Imam Square in Esfahan, Iran. It was taken with the Optura, which Canon >> >loaned us. >> > >> > >> >http://www.mungopark.com/container.asp?issue=199712&sec=exp&page=dispatch >> es/ >> >d01.asp >> > >> >Also, the shots on this page of the Bedouin farmer woman and Bedouin >> >Shepherd (near bottom of page) were taken with the Optura. The surround >> >video at the top of the page was taken with a DCS 460 on a Peace River >> >Quicktime VR head. >> > >> > >> >http://www.mungopark.com/container.asp?issue=199712&sec=exp&page=dispatch >> es/ >> >d05.asp >> > >> > >> >Not bad for a little video camera... >> > >> >--Jim >> > >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: Five Senses Productions [SMTP:fls@5senses.com] >> >> Sent: Monday, June 22, 1998 2:59 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? >> >> >> >> 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. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > >> > >