Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oops. Guests coming over for dinner and all that . . . http://cmbrow.people.wm.edu/photography/PAW/andrew_bob.htm C -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+cmbrow=wm.edu@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+cmbrow=wm.edu@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Steve Barbour Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 6:42 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] DMR at 1600 iso we need the link please, Chandos... Steve On Sep 30, 2005, at 3:36 PM, Chandos Michael Brown wrote: > Many of you have seen this before, but this image (and many like > it) is one > of the reasons I sold my Noctilux. I made this with an E1 and the > 11-22/2.8-3.5, exposed at 1/40 @ f3.1 @ ISO 1600, cleaned up a very > little > bit with Neat Image. > > I made this before I fully grasped the capabilities of color > correcting RAW > files (it?s a JPG), which would have given yet better color > balance. This > makes a superb 8x10, and I don?t think that I ever got a color > image with > the Noct under similar lighting conditions that came close to this. > I?ll > freely admit that it?s not a great photo and that more capable > hands than > mine can do more with the Noct, but the E1 *and* this lens cost me > less than > the Noctilux, and the prospect of shelling out $5K for a digital M and > contending with the crop factor for my remaining Leica lenses > leaves me > absolutely cold. Moreover, I could cycle through a couple of > generations of > DSLR bodies and still spend less than what appears to be the > projected price > of the fist generation d-M body. > > I wish Leica the best of luck with this new body, but I ain?t > buying one for > low-light work. I?m *already* making satisfactory images in available > darkness. > > Cheers, > > Chandos > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+cmbrow=wm.edu@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+cmbrow=wm.edu@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > SonC@aol.com > Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 5:25 PM > To: lug@leica-users.org > Subject: Re: [Leica] DMR at 1600 iso > > > > In a message dated 9/30/2005 4:20:52 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > bdcolen@comcast.net writes: > > It's ludicrous that Leica, the company that gave the world > the useable rangefinder, and, for that matter, the concept of low- > light > photography, should have difficulty supplying that. > > > Rob's stuff at 800 looks pretty good to me, and he says the stuff > prints > nicely. I have to take his side here, because I have several of > Rob's > prints, > and I can tell you, I trust his judgement of results. > > > Regards, > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > Natchitoches, Louisiana > Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane > ?galit?, libert?, crawfish > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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