Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Now your actually disappointed to discover that Mr. Van Riper does ACTUALLY USE equipment BEFORE writing his reviews, unlike say, yourself? Well B.D., in response to this I can only quote someone far wiser than me.... "Better to say nothing and have others think you a fool then to open your mouth and remove all doubt". Regards and Goodnight, Greg B. D. Colen wrote: >Good, Greg - Of course that doesn't respond to my pointing out that his >"review" is nothing but a recitation of FEATURES and FEEL. I didn't see >anything about noise at various isos; I don't see anything about the >appearance of the images; I don't see anything about the kinds of >digital distortion that do or don't appear, and under what circumstances >they appear; I don't see anything about color accuracy; I don't see >anything about the fact that the camera only has a top iso of 400, which >is definitely limiting in terms of low light use, and which suggests >that it may be noisier at 400 iso than less expensive DSLRS with >interchangeable lenses; I don't see anything about write times for >images, and on and on and on. I'm glad you and Frank Van Ripper are >such chums - but that really doesn't respond to my questions/criticisms >at all. And, again, you well know that it doesn't. > >Hey, why not just wait and point us to the Dpreview review when it runs; >it will be a REVIEW of the camera, and not just a recitation of >features. ;-) > >Your pal, > >B. D. > > > > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html