Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Real world digilux 2 info Diglux beats Olympus
From: Slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov@charter.net>
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 16:31:39 -0800

Sometimes the noise is acceptable in BW with the gain up. There will be a
demo here in LA in about a week, or so. I'll check it out then.
S. Dimitrov

> From: "Don Dory" <dorysrus@mindspring.com>
> Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 16:46:29 -0500
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Real world digilux 2 info Diglux beats Olympus
> 
> Slobodan,
> No, I didn't try it in B&W.  Panasonic had hired a photographer who did
> some B&W landscapes with the Panasonic progenitor and the
> tonality/sharpness was quite good although he was only showing prints in
> the 8X range.
> 
> Digital noise was not readily apparent at an ISO of 400 and even so
> there were several noise reducers shown with the product Nik possibly
> the best combination.
> 
> Don
> dorysrus@mindspring.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Slobodan
> Dimitrov
> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 4:37 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Real world digilux 2 info Diglux beats Olympus
> 
> A friend of mine asked a Leica rep. about the price. He's comment was
> that a
> lens alone cost that much.
> Did you try out the D-2 on B&W?
> S. Dimitrov
> 
>> From: "Don Dory" <dorysrus@mindspring.com>
>> 
>> Some on the list will comment on the price.  That is what it is, my
>> comment would be that this is a tool that enables some types of
>> photography that are more difficult in the SLR world.  One example is
>> that the viewfinder can be used to look at the histogram: this confers
>> privacy and allows use in very bright conditions.
>> 
>> My comments would be remiss if I did not complain about the 400 ISO
>> limitation.  For serious work a you have to underexpose one to two
> stops
>> and work in RAW to bring back a useable image.
>> 
>> Don
>> dorysrus@mindspring.com
>> 
>> 
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