Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/07

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Subject: [Leica] 1Ds Mk II at ISO 3200 & 20D
From: nathan.wajsman at planet.nl (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Mon Feb 7 21:07:31 2005
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I agree with everything Ted and B.D. have said in this thread. I have 
owned an R8 and I still own a Leicaflex SL. There is no doubt that the 
viewfinders of those are superior to that on my 20D. But let's not 
overdo it: I find the 20D viewfinder perfectly adequate, even when the 
light is such that ISO settings of 1600 or 3200 are called for. It is 
good, not great like Leica.

As for the while balance, I find it a lot easier to do color correction 
when I convert the RAW files from the 20D than when I have a slide scan 
with a cast. And finally, I think that if anything, the Canon pre-sets 
favor overexposure--on the 10D I had exposure compensation of -1/2 stop 
set permanently, although the 20D is better in this regard.

Nathan

Slobodan Dimitrov wrote:

> I wouldn't go so far that it's out of the box ready to shoot. To date 
> Canon has never been able to have a clean white balance. Chances are 
> you'll have to do a custom reset of the white balance. And never mind 
> the proverbial Canon exposure presets, digital or film camera, that are 
> consistently set for underexposure. But at least they are inching their 
> way out of a hole with better flash exposure settings.
> S. Dimitrov
> 

-- 
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Almere, The Netherlands

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