Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My 5d is fitting in as very good tool - it is a Honda accord. It gets me where I need to be right now. The M8 matches/surpasses the DMR for image quality. As for the CFV back - threads I've been reading suggest DMR like results. IE, greater dynamic range and that 'film look' the DMR has and 5d doesn't. As for price - I'll need a lot more thatn $1000 off to jump in right now. I did dust off my 203FE last night.. Eric On 6/15/07, Leonard Taupier <len-1@comcast.net> wrote: > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >