Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/13

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Subject: [Leica] Re: rd1 tests
From: lenniefalcon at cclmgmt.com (lennie falcon)
Date: Wed Oct 13 16:44:53 2004

i tested the rd1 for a day with the new m 50 1.4 in germany at photokina.
the raw files exhibited limited dynamic range as tiffs. although when the 
light is well balanced the files are very sharp, the colours are extremely 
accurate and the dynamic range seems less of a problem. you have to be a 
photoshop wizz with very low or extremely contrasted lighting. you can get 
an excellent 12x18 with minimum effort utilizing 200 asa and tiff files. the 
camera focus with the new summilux was very stiff and slow, so one can not 
assume leica lenses will work as well with real m's.
i'll try it again next week with a 28mm summicron and put the files out for 
comment. the properties of the new 50 summilux are almost essential in low 
light.
t.t.f.n.,
falcon
 



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