[Leica] Re: Ds Mk II at ISO 3200

[FELIXMATURANA at telefonica.net (Félix López de Maturana)]

>I was asked about how the 1Ds Mk II (I think it's going to be 1Dsii
>from now on for me) does at ISO 3200.
>
>Here are two images taken a few days ago using the 24-70mm f2.8L Canon
>zoom (a VERY good piece of glass if rather vast.) Okay, they're of my
>kitty, Spirit, who was sitting on the dining room chair. It's
>hand-held at 1/40th of a second.
>
>Here's the full-frame image.
>
><http://www.splitsecondfilms.com/2005/02/02/_L3U0018-crv-shrp-crp.jpg>
>
>And here is a 100% closeup of the right eye. 
>
><http://www.splitsecondfilms.com/2005/02/02/_L3U0018-crv-shrp.jpg>
>
>Not as good as portrait work but perhaps it'll give you a bit of a
>clue about how the camera works at 3200. I'd say it's better than any
>film I'm capable of processing myself, even black and white.
>
>Enjoy,
>
>Adam



Adam and Ted

I've shooted some studio portraits with the 1Ds MKII and the 70-200 2.8 
with available light -tungsten- at 3200 ASA and the output was 
excellent. I think that best Canon lenses are not far behind the Leica 
ones and I do appreciate the comfort of AF and AE that really works,. 
The only true difference, concerning output quality, between 1DS and 20 
D is the size of the image you get. Of course there are many other 
differences in building quality in features but I think that a 20D with 
adapters is one of the best choice for Leica R lenses owners.

I have had the Digital Back for Leica R in my hands, not working yet, 
and I've found the combo R9+DB  similar in size and weight to my 1Ds 
with the advantage that same camera may fire film or digital while I 
need switch from EOS 1Ds to EOS 1V for doing the same. Output quality? 
I'm sure that coming from Leica nothing can be less than excellent. If 
one has a lot of Leica R lenses it seems a good choice. Price should be 
not so high. Having used extensively R8 and EOS 1 I do not find problems 
with the finder. The R8 may be better but not using like Doug long teles 
I find myself comfortable with EOS finders. It's true that I change 
cameras so often that I've developed an adaptation ability that makes me 
feeling comfortable with almost *any* camera including different 
ergonomy even different mounting turn direction lens like Nikon and 
Canon, excepting the LCD finders. This is the reason that is driving me 
to change my Minolta A2 for a Pentax Ist DS in few weeks. Some bag size 
-not the huge EOS one- and much more comfortable finder.

Regards

Felix