Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B.D., No doubt there is a learning curve. While I am now familiar with all the various functions, settings, buttons and switches, there is still alot to learn in terms of how to create the look I like. In particular, I have a lot of work to do getting familiar with the in-camera processing parameters, though I suppose if you shoot everything in RAW, then you can worry about this after the fact. The thing I like best about the 10D, as a digital camera, is the way the shutter releases so quickly. To me, it seems as fast as my old EOS1n. It's not M quick, but certainly quick enough for most situations. And there's no film wind noise. Just the shutter firing and cocking. Another big plus is being able to adjust the ISO on a per image basis. Image noise is very low, even at ISO 400. - --Jim - ----- Original Message ----- From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 4:25 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica vs. Digital: Our divided loyalties > While there is much truth in your observations about the advantages of > Leica M, Jim, I think you may find that the more you use the 10D the > better your work with it will be - the more Leica-like it will become. > The Olympus E-20 I am using is nowhere near the camera the 10D is, but I > am finding that the more I use it, the more comfortable I become with > it, the better I get with it. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Jim Laurel > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 5:44 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica vs. Digital: Our divided loyalties > > > The benefits of the M rangefinders and their lenses are many, not just > sharpness as your comment below implies. In fact, I rarely use an M on > a tripod. Doing so misses the point of the camera. So, where do you > see the benefit of that M glass? For me, it's being able to use a lens > wide open knowing that, if I focus accurately, I'll get a usable image. > Add to that very good flare resistance and low vibration allowing you to > shoot at slower shutter speeds and you soon realize that the existing > light abilities of this system are considerable. Nothing like it exists > in the digital world. In fact, the capabilities of these little cameras > allow you to capture images that are extremely difficult to get with any > other device. > > This is why I sound so frustrated in my posts about the Canon 10D. I > want the convenience of digital, but I am not yet able to reproduce the > types of images which seem to come so naturally when using the M. > > --Jim Laurel > > Adam Bridge wrote: > > I think most of use seldom use more than what digital gives us. Do you > > > put > your > > M on a tripod to shoot or only shoot at 1/1000th? If you don't are you > REALLY > > getting the full benefit of that Leica glass? I don't think we do, I > > think > we > > slip into the domain of digital imaging simply by hand holding and > shooting at > > slower shutter speeds, so we never capture what we might otherwise > achieve. > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html