Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And Doug said it was going to sell for $4K, I believe...The price of the back and a body is now more than an EOS1DsMKII FULL FRAME dslr. Hell of a bargain. And it will be interesting to see how long there's a company around to support it. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Doug Herr Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 6:22 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] leica digital back-initial test results on 4/9/05 3:09 PM, SonC@aol.com at SonC@aol.com wrote: > > > Probably B.D. with his usual adulation of Leica, no matter what. > > > SonC > Nahhh... B.D. said it was vaporware. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com > In a message dated 4/9/2005 5:02:50 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > jls@runbox.com writes: > > 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 > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information