Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks! This was a really interest read. It's nice to read something like this in a thread, instead of a "gear review" kind of piece. The back and forth, answers to good critical questions, stuff like that made it interesting. Scott Douglas Herr wrote: > On Sep 3, 2006, at 6:03 PM, Don Dory wrote: > >> I can't wait to see the dM. It should be stunning. Then again, I >> probably >> should start saving for the R10 as I suspect it will be simply >> marvelous. > > > For those who are interested in a comparison between the Canon 1Ds mk > II I suggest reading a few of the first pages of the thread at > > http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/267995 > > In a nutshell, commercial photographer Guy Mancuso had been using a > Canon 1D2 Mk II and had a job where he needed to use a Leica-R lens. > He liked the results so much that he bought another R lens, then > another, and another, each time liking the results better than he'd > been getting with his equivalent Canon L lenses. Pretty soon he > realized all his lenses were Leica, so next he tried the DMR - liked > it so much he sold his Canon bodies and bought a second DMR. Oh what > a slippery slope we find ourselves on when we first try "just one" > Leica lens. Anyway the linked thread goes on for 1200 pages and has > drifted off-topic but in the earliest posts are numerous comparisons > of DMR and 1Ds MkII output. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > _______________________________________________ > 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)