Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Eric, I think you've just answered a few questions I had for awhile. I look at photos taken with the DMR, especially Doug's. They're just beautiful. I keep looking for used DMR backs. If you can find one the price is a little out of my range, the M8 was a higher priority. So I picked up a used Canon 20D to go with my 560 Telyt. I can shoot with the same lens, the same ISO, the same light and even my non-cropped photos don't compare in quality. (Forget about content and artistic beauty). So then I thought maybe a used 5D body would be better. I think you answered that one. Thanks. I have also been keeping track of the Hassy back for my 501CM. For the last couple of years they have really been out of my price range. I see there now is a $1000 rebate on the 16MP CFV version. How does that compare to the DMR? Anybody? Len On Jun 11, 2007, at 10:31 PM, Eric Korenman wrote: > For those thinking of selling your DMR: > > For very well thought out reasons I sold my R8/DMR to go AF with a > canon 5d. > I know some of you have papal-annointed focus fingers that can nail an > eyelash 50 paces away at f 1.4. > > But I don't. > > And I have a (big for me) fashion shoot coming up later this summer. > Yadda Yadda. A hip downtown NYC store. The children's line of clothes. > Kids running around for me a focus nightmare. > > So.. The 5d with the 85 1.2 over the last 3 weeks has been a > magical and > transformative experience for me. > Plus the 85 1.2 lens is nearly (dare I say it?) yes.. well.. > Noctiluxian. > With AF to boot! > > 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. > > Shoot me down, pull at my flesh, tear this email to shreds. > I know someone will. > > Just a couple of pennies. (my thoughts, not the DMR). > > Eric > > PS. Anyone seen Hassie's CFV back yet? Onward and upward. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information