[Leica] More RD-1 Samples

[pklein at 2alpha.net (Peter Klein)]

Y'know, guys, I was going to say something like, "Gee, if there is 
reincarnation, can I be reborn as a Japanese camera reviewer?"  But then I 
thought, "Nah, I don't wanna sully the elevated discourse on the LUG. . . "

So, Tina, ya wanna discuss visual Gestalt psychology and its applications 
in decisive moment photography. . . ?   :-)     :-)   ;-)

As to the sharpness issue, I must confess to having downloaded several of 
the photos and experimented with unsharp mask. I carefully judged its 
effect on the model's curves. . . er, the TONAL curves.  For educational 
purposes only, of course!!!

Anyway, so far, the mainstream DSLRs are visibly better.  But if the sample 
cameras out there are beta models, there could still be some improvements 
forthcoming.

I've noticed that when they release cameras for preview, the camera 
companies ask sites like Dpreview.com not to post or rate images taken with 
the preview cameras.  What we're seeing with the R-D1 may be the reason 
why.  So far, the images have been a little disappointing, but we may not 
be seeing the finished product.  Time will tell.

--Peter


Re. http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2004/0723/nishikawa.htm

>Sonny said:
> >>> You need translation?..  Oh... there are words there<<,

And Ted said:
>Right on Sonny, I don't have a clue what the heck Peter was looking at! ;-)
>But it sure as hell wasn't what I was looking at! :-) :-)
>
>Maybe the two of us should pop over there and show them how to make RF
>cameras work.