Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tom, because it's there? Or as Kyle said, with Tri-X at ASA 265000 and a Noctilux, you can take pictures inside a bank vault? At 05:16 PM 11/11/2006, Tom Schofield wrote: >One thing I don't get about these discussions re high ISO performance >-- Why do you need more than 400 or 800 ISO with a Summilux or >Noctilux? I have shot newlyweds leaving their reception under street >lights at night with 400 ISO with a Noctilux., and everybody seems to >be saying the 640 setting is great. > >Tom Schofield > > >On Nov 11, 2006, at 3:11 PM, Richard wrote: > >>Yup, M8 is definitely an M8. The size, weight, shape, and of course >>the viewfinder say, :Leica M: The shutter sound is different, >>yet... very similar to low speed on the film Ms. Imagine the sound >>of the 1/15 on a film M sped up. Here's my obligatory "test" picture: >>http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/PICS/L1000005.jpg >> >>75/1.4 'lux at 1.4 >> >>The ISO 1250 shots look worse than the RD-1 at 1600, IMHO, but >>that's a very unscientific observation. Apparently there are now 28 >>people on the K&S waiting list :-) and the Norcal rep. says he has >>250 camera in the first batch and of course they are all accounted >>for. >> >>Too bad there are 5003 reasons not to buy it: the first 5000 are >>the killer reasons, the last 3 are nits: >>- 5001: lack of shutter arm (no biggie) >>- 5002: various white balance, banding issues (almost certainly >>software fixable) >>- 5003: magenta black (almost certainly don't happen all that often >>"in real life" and most likely will be fixed one way or the other) >> >>Now to address the first 5000 reasons... >> >>At 12:31 AM 11/11/2006, pmcc wrote: >> >>>Here's the pdf: >>> >>>http://www.kspphoto.com/media/event_data/leica/Leica_card.pdf >>> >>>Peter. >>>SF, CA // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please use richard at imagecraft.com)