Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The resolution diference without the AA filter is amazing. The 10.2 MP DMR chip really does perform like 14-16MP chip that has an AA filter. Plus the DMR operates at 16 bit depth, whereas most chips perform at 12 bit depth. Nice when you want to pull out shadow details from those RAW files. Eric On 9/3/06, David Young <telyt@telus.net> wrote: > > Felix wondered: > > > >>What's the nature of the difference > >> > between the DMR and a D70/D200? > >Cost? > > > There is, obviously, a firmware difference between the Nikon and > Leica digital cameras/backs. I like the colouring of both, though > the DMR seems to be closer to a Kodachrome... more muted colours > than,say, Fujichrome, but a wee bit more accurate, too. > > But the HUGE difference is that every APS-C format digital SLR out of > Japan has an Anti-Alaising filter, to reduce Moire patterns in the > photos. The DMR, in keeping with it's MF format heritage (it was > designed my Imacon - the big 6x6 camera back maker), does not have > one, and used software to solve the problem, if need be. As AA > filters work by making the final image a bit "fuzzier" (for lack of a > better word) the DMR will deliver much finer detail than any of the > Japanese DSLRs - pixel for pixel. > > As a result, the DMR is most often compared with the 16 mpixel Canon > 1DS MkII, in terms of resolution. Not bad for a 10.2 mpixel camera back. > :-) > > And, of course, the DMR accepts Leica glass. True, the Canon's will > do that, with an appropriate adapter, but only with stop down > metering and no auto-diaphragm. > > And when you compare the 1 DS MkII, to the Leica R9 with DMR, even > new, the Leica is not a lot more, so I'm not sure cost enters into an > "apples to apples" comparison. > > > --- > > David Young, > Logan Lake, CANADA > > Wildlife Photographs: http://www.telyt.com/ > Personal Web-pages: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >