Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]David: What people are failing to realize is that the DMR is a compromise to carry Leica through until they have a dedicated Digital SLR. As part of the compromise, the battery had to be small, so the whole package fit into the design parameters, which was meeting the size of the R9 with a Motor Drive. The images though out of the DMR seem to be first rate and not consumer digital quality. On person on another forum reasured a 12 stop dynamic range with his DMR. I don't think any other digital SLR can match this. The color is also 16bit compared to 12bit for the rest. Between the dynamic range and the color, DMR images have a look of no other Digital SLR. Regards, Robert At 10:41 AM 10/9/2005, David Teo wrote: >Hi > >Digital SLR life has always been good compared to those of consumer >digital cameras. I had the first D30 when Canon first got into the >DSLR business (not in partnership with Kodak) and that could last at >least 250 frames before it ran out of juice. With the optional >battery grip holding 2 of those small BP511s, I can go 500 or more >without worry. > >With my 20D, I can last 1000 frames per battery with very liberal >use of the LCD using the improved BP511A battery - still very small >size, with a highly portable charger. With 2 of these batteries in >the optional battery grip, I can go double of that, even when using >an externally mounted flash without any problem. > >I'm not knocking the DMR but 250 frames per charge sounds like that >of a consumer digicam... > >---------- >David Teo > >On 09-Oct-05, at AM 08:19, Alastair Firkin wrote: > >>G'day Tina, >>that sort of battery life is amazing. I would be very doubtful that >>it will ever "match" the M7 but after using my first digital which >>chewed through a set of batteries in less than 2 hours, I thought >>battery life would end up saving film for a few more years ;-) Seems not. >> >>When do you head off to China? >> >>Cheers >>On 09/10/2005, at 9:47 AM, Tina Manley wrote: >> >>>At 07:21 PM 10/8/2005, you wrote: >>>>Hi Tina, >>>>Please check ouot Marc Wiliam's impressions on Photonet at >>>> >>>>http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00DE6M >>>> >>>>about battery life. He gets about 250 pix per charge. >>>> >>>>Best Regards >>> >>>And I get about 2500 with the Canon 1DMII!! It's not that I >>>object to carrying extra batteries or the expense of extra >>>batteries. I just don't want to have to worry about running out >>>of juice in the middle of something important. I never had to >>>worry about that with the M7. Those batteries would last for >>>weeks. I hope for and expect the same from digital. I was >>>disappointed in the Canon 10D, my first digital SLR. I would have >>>to change batteries at least once a day on long jobs. I ended up >>>carrying about 10 extra batteries!! With the Canon 1DMII I carry >>>2 and don't usually have to use the second one. >>>For two weeks in Honduras and again for two weeks in Guatemala, I >>>took 3000+ photos each time. Each trip, I used one 1DMII battery >>>for more than a week, replaced it with a fully charged battery and >>>came home with more than half of that battery still charged. >>> >>>Another problem I have with the Canon 10D batteries, and I'm not >>>sure if it's the same with the DMR, but it certainly is with the >>>the Digilux, is that when I charge all of the spare batteries >>>ahead of time, they lose the charge as they sit on the shelf or in >>>my luggage. I can put a fully recharged battery into my camera >>>and find that the power is already more than half gone. That >>>doesn't happen with the 1DMII. That battery stays fully charged >>>for weeks until I get around to using it. >>> >>>These may seem like trivial problems to somebody who uses their >>>camera once or twice a week, but for somebody who has to rely on >>>it every day, it's very important. I have been very pleasantly >>>pleased with the life of the Canon 1DMII battery and don't really >>>care how much it weighs! It's worth it to know that I'm not going >>>to have to stop and replace it. >>> >>>And I do have a connection for the car battery for the Canon, too. >>>Mine came with every possible connection for every electrical >>>outlet in the world! I'm carrying quite a few of them to China with me. >>> >>>Tina >>> >>>Tina Manley, ASMP >>>http://www.tinamanley.com >>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Leica Users Group. >>>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>Alastair >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>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 > > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.13/126 - Release Date: 10/9/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.13/126 - Release Date: 10/9/2005