Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hmmm, I wonder if bit depth would have any bearing on my other inquiry about the possibility of shooting photos dominated by shadows but minus the nasty shadow noise. Is it a safe assumption that the greater the bit depth the better the tonal gradation and separation in the shadows? Hmmmm. Scott Eric Korenman wrote: > 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 (Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act)