Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Leica never said any such thing. But there is a body of Internet noise out there, to the effect that unless the M8 was significantly superior to the 5D or IDS Mk II in all aspects, especially ISO 1600 and 3200 noise performance, that the M8 and Leica did not deserve to exist, and should deservedly go down in flames to the derision of digiterati everywhere. If this is the case, why are Nikon, Pentax, Olympus, Sony, etc. allowed to exist? The whole idea is, quite frankly, bovine effluent. It's a combination of anti-Leica reverse-elitism and the hegemony of Canon marketing. Whether the M8 is suitable for one's style of photography or too expensive for your budget is another matter. But a rangefinder is not an SLR, the Canon look is not the be-all and end-all of aesthetics, and a camera optimized for resolution with a body of existing, wonderful optics deserves better than it's been getting in some quarters. If the M8 were being marketed as an all-around picture-taking tool for the masses, such comparisons might carry a bit more weight. But there are reasons to take a small, light, nimble camera with fast lenses that focus where *you* tell them to, over much bigger, heavier, (acoustically) noisier machines that don't do wide angles so well. Canons are fine machines. So is the M8, for different reasons. If people want to talk about the relative merits of various design choices with respect to various kinds of photography, fine. But this "Leica should die because the 5D has less noise at ISO 3200" is just plain dumb. --Peter >As far as I know Leica made no such claim. I think this was a wish of >some one hee ar on another list. > >Gene > > >-------------- Original message from "Robert Jagitsch" ><robert.jagitsch@gmail.com>: -------------- > > > > Lastly, I would like to see where the factory claimed that ISO 2500 > > performance would be equal to Canon 5D performance at ISO 3200. What > > did the factory claim, can someone point me to it?