[Leica] Photo: Winter takes a shot at autumn's fading glory

[abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)]

Thank you for those shots, Douglas, I really appreciate them. I know
the 20D isn't the one. I need to shoot the long glass I bought from
Douglass Herr and it's a challenge to focus that with the R8 . . .
with the 10D or the 20D which is actually SMALLER in terms of the
pentaprism the accuracy isn't there. It needs the top of the line
system from the 1D.

I think that full-frame sensor and 16 MPixel at 14 bits is about what
I get out of film scanning with the Nikon CoolScan 4000ED. I'm going
to take some serious time tomorrow and really work the camera. I still
am not overly fond of Canon's ergonomics - the Digital R makes for
something much nicer to use - but I see a camera that is essentially a
film replacement for me and which will work on the R series lenses and
the fine Canon L glass. I mostly shoot in aperture priority or manual
on the 10D and the R so my workflow won't change a lot. I will use and
enjoy the autofocus on the L lenses.

So now I just have figure out what I'm gonna hock and make darn sure
that I feel good about focusing.

I'll know more tomorrow.

Adam


On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 00:54:11 +0100, Douglas M. Sharp
<douglas.sharp@gmx.de> wrote:
> Hello Adam,
> there is a similar problem with the 20D and the 300D (Rebel), must be the
> pentamirror system. The colours are superb, though a little more DOF would 
> be
> better, but not much. I think you ought to try the 20D though as a 
> comparison,
> you may save a lot of cash, the quality is exceptional even in most extreme
> situations. It got better points for image quality than the 1D mkII in most
> camera tests in the German Press.
> Take a look at these (if you haven't seen them already):
> All with the 20D anf a Summicron_R 35/2 all with minimal post-processing 
> after
> Raw->Tiff conversion, then resized as jpegs.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/TESTS/Bude_0005_RT8_copy  Full frame
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/TESTS/Bude_centre_RT8   centre crop
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/TESTS/Bude_left_RT8     right of frame
> The new shot of Posy was taken with the same set-up at Iso equivalent 1600.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/TESTS/Posy_0007_RT8_copy    full frame
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/TESTS/Posy_Centre_1600ASA   centre crop
> cheers
> Douglas
> 
> 
> 
> Adam Bridge wrote:
> 
> > Here's one taken on your basic rainy/storm day in northern California.
> > I went to shoot a "lantern tree" (I don't have a clue about what it's
> > really called) whose blossoms were this glorious pink on an otherwise
> > dismal day.
> >
> > This was taken with the 10D and the Leica 100mm APO. Shot at ASA 800.
> > This is slightly cropped. I was stopped down a bit but not enough
> > really for what I wanted to achieve. This is close. Focusing the 100
> > on the Canon is VERY difficult. I should have been using a tripod but
> > this was a quicky shot and didn't have the tripod in the Element.
> >
> > <http://www.splitsecondfilms.com/2004-December/winterpiercing-frmd.jpg>
> >
> > I am going in tomorrow and mounting this lens on a 1D MkII and
> > checking out the focusing. If it's as good as the R8 . . . well
> > there's a 1Ds in my future. I can see it.
> >
> > Adam
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