Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]ALL video cameras since they phased out the vacuum tube type are digital, since they rely on a CCD for image acquisition. - -- John Brownlow ************************ I hear those tube cameras produce wonderfully smooth highlights and amazingly lifelike midtones. Some do complain a bit that they tend to give somewhat woolly dark tones, though that can be corrected to some degree by swapping out the cheap stock tubes with some nice English or French high-end jobs. Bokeh to die for apparently, none of those edgy transistor nasties like the digital models. tom finnegan seattle