Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You spent $400 for the R8/100APO? I will pay you $500 for that obvious piece of junk!!! Yup, handheld. My guess is that nothing is really in focus, the shutter speed is too slow and the aperture is too wide. At 01:04 PM 9/1/2006, Aram Langhans wrote: >A few months ago I purchased a Sony H2 digital to play with. I just got >back a roll of Kodachrome 25 that has some shots taken with my R8/100APO >that I also took with the Sony H2. I was shocked. Stunned beyond belief. >The sample I have posted is not scientific. Both cameras were hand held >and at ISO 25 with the R8 that may be a factor. I scanned the slide on my >trusty Minolta Dimage Scan Dual II, not the latest, but I have always been >very satisfied with the 11x14's I make with my Epson 1280. As good or >better than if I send a slide in. > >So, did I waste $400 that I should have spent on a good digital SLR, >perhaps even a DMR? Are we all wasting our time with film? > >http://gallery2.leica-users.org/v/Aram/Comparisons/?g2_fromNavId=x888e4712 > >I have the whole image and then a crop from the K-25 slide and the >H2. Look at them full size and tell me what you think. I just find this >hard to believe that there is SO much difference. Not even a close >contest..... > >Aram, Shocked in Yakima, Langhans // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please use richard at imagecraft.com)