Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Rather than autofocus or focus confirmation, I'd rather have image stabilisation of some kind. That would appear to be quite do-able for the next R body. Don't need the first two. Regards, Rick. On 11/04/2005, at 4:45 AM, Adam Bridge wrote: > This is a bit disingenuous, I think, because it's clearly aimed at > folks who are already in the R marketplace. It's for folks who already > have invested in Leica glass and want to conserve that investment and > whose shooting style is mirrored by the Leica R design. > > I'm now convinced (from living with the 1Ds Mk II) that having lots of > pixels is a damn good idea and that having LOW NOISE pixels is an even > better one. I'd take 10 MP over 16 if there was a stop or two better > noise characteristics. > > I'll shoot my long Leica glass withe the 1Ds and continue to love the > results. But the next lens I buy will probably be the 70-200 f2.8L IS > lens. Because it will meet my needs. > > I hope Leica produces an absolute KILLER back for the R8 and then > makes the digital M that's even better, first because I want the great > Leica optics and second because the marketplace needs high-quality > competition - something that holds the bar high - like Leica glass has > continued to do. > > I'd like to see Leica get with the times and try something > revolutionary like auto-focus or at least focus confirmation but I'm > not holding my breath for THAT. I think it's already too late for them > to enter the market there. > > Ah well, back to shooting.... > > adam > > On Apr 9, 2005 4:22 PM, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote: >> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >