Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sounds like the P5000 falls in the same trap as others in the pixel race, far too many pixels for the sensor area even needing built in noise reduction at the lowest iso levels. The best digital P&S machines I have used tend to be <6 megapixels. Frank On 5 Jun, 2007, at 01:17, Afterswift@aol.com wrote: > Bob, > > The perfect digital for me would be the FF, live LCD M9, which isn't > available yet. > On the digital side, I make do with an Oly 5050 and a Nikon D70. > The new > Nikon P5000 has very interesting specs and a 10MP sensor plus > stabilization and > a few other goodies. From the specs it's quite a prosumer. On the > film side, > my favorite is the M3 running Tri X, which I process myself, or > ISO 400 > Kodacolor printed to CD. It produces the true photo quality even > in digital > transformation. I can't get away from that veracity. > > My compact digital Oly 5050 -- an f1.8 zoom prosumer -- I tend to > use most > often -- is going on 4 years and has never failed me as long as I > remember to > let the camera focus before shooting. The D70 is one of those > eternally > reliable Nikons that uses large pixels for high speed, low noise, > and yet with > only 6MP produces brilliant prints for me. Focus is all but > instantaneous. > > Bob > > > > ************************************** See what's free at http:// > www.aol.com. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information