Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Years ago somebody stated on the LUG, "never sell Leica". I've recalled that many times. OTOH, you'd also need to abide by "never buy Leica" or you might end up with more stuff you can really use! :-) -----Original Message----- From: telyt@earthlink.net [mailto:telyt@earthlink.net] Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 1:10 AM To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: RE: [Leica] for those about to sell their DMR Eric Korenman <faneuil@gmail.com> wrote: > But here is my point. That 5d 12 bit sensor just doesn't match up to the > DMR's Imacon 16 bit chip. > I know there are reasons. 16 bit for one. No AA filter. Etc.. > But it ain't the same folks. Shadow zones are good but not DMR-super. > Pulling details from the shadow feels like stretching out cheescloth. It > gets thin, noisy and weird. I think what Eric is getting at here is that if you sell a DMR, your memories of the image quality it can produce will haunt you. It would do that to me. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com - Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft(r) Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail