[Leica] leica digital back-initial test results

[leica_korenman at hotmail.com (eric)]

here's to hoping for truth in advertising.
Eric


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 6:11 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] leica digital back-initial test results


> Nobody from this list. So I'd really like to know who he is and what his
> relationship is with Leica. Was he asked to do this testing because he
> has a brother-in-law in the Leica shipping department? Or was he paid by
> Leica to do the testing - in which case his post is an advertisement.
> ;-)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Jeffery Smith
> Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 5:58 PM
> To: 'Leica Users Group'
> Subject: RE: [Leica] leica digital back-initial test results
> 
> 
> Falcon?
> 
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of lennie
> falcon
> Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 12:30 PM
> To: lug@leica-users.org
> Subject: [Leica] leica digital back-initial test results
> 
> we have been testing the digital r back for the past three days and
> thought we would share some preliminary findings. leica usa has loaned
> us their initial pre-production unit and the findings have been quite
> favourable. we have thoroughly tested the unit attached to a g5 in the
> studio and on location. it has performed flawlessly using the imacon
> software. we have done side by sides with a kodak 760, a valeo 11 and a
> sinar 54. the unit exceeds the 760 and the 11 in colour and it is on par
> with the sinar. the imacon software in combination with the digital r is
> probably the easiest high-end digital tethered package we have
> experienced to date. we have not used the leica processing software
> because of time constraints (the photoshop plug in is rgb, so we choose
> the imacon because it has a cmyk engine but we assume it to be excellent
> based on the the overall performance characteristics. 
> 
> the major highlights (we will publish expande test results and images
> this coming week on the lug):
> 
> 1. the colour in raw-file format is outstanding, better than any digital
> camera we have tested with the exceptions of the sinar system and the
> lumiere. fro practical purposes the only the sinar is equal.
> 
> 2. the chip is very, very clean. noise levels at 100 and 200 are
> extremely hard to find, if at all. at 400 and 800 the chip is cleaner
> than everything we have seen of late.
> 
> 3. the leica lenses in combination with the back offer unparallelled
> image quality in a 30mb file. we are testing with 60mm macro(3-cam), the
> 28mm pc, the 100mm macro and the 21-35mm zoom.
> 
> we will publish our results after first sharing the information with
> leica, but from our experiences, thus far, the neagatives are very, very
> few. we have three photographers sharing the unit, so our experiences
> are quite diverse. our output people are the very best in the country
> using state of the art eval. techniques and equipment. stay tuned.
> 
> falcon
> 
> 
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