Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/04

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Subject: [Leica] Re: DMR mk II ?
From: telyt at earthlink.net (Douglas Herr)
Date: Sat Feb 4 11:54:59 2006

on 2/4/06 9:27 AM, Tina Manley at images@InfoAve.Net wrote:

> At 11:39 AM 2/4/2006, you wrote:
>> Felix, have you read this photo.net thread?  Several commercial
>> photographers have posted in this thread who used Canon DSLRs for years -
>> all models - and switched to the DMR for its better image quality.
>> 
>> http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00F5p6
>> 
>> 
>> Doug Herr
> 
> Doug -  I ruled out the DMR when I heard it didn't do higher ISOs as
> well as the Canons.  I need the higher ISOs more than I do the color
> quality.  But reading these posts it sounds like there is a work
> around for higher ISOs.  I can't imagine why Leica limited it to
> 800.  Unfortunately, I don't have an extra $5000 lying around.  I'm
> saving my money for the Digital M.  If anybody would like to donate a
> DMR for me to play around with, I'd be glad to devote some time to
> trying it out ;-)
> 
> Tina
> 

If I'm understanding things correctly the more recent Canons do better than
the DMR at high ISO ratings - so if you often use ISO 1600 to 3200 the DMR
might not be the winning ticket ;-)

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com


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