Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Larry, would you like a DNG and a scan from Provia 100F at 4000PPI to compare? Both from M glass of course. You'll need to use a file transfer mechanism if you want original. Pando works fine. The file sizes. 10MB for the DNG. 120MB for the 16 bit TIFF if you want the original files! Or I'll make a comparable size jpg from each. Let me know. Cheers Hoppy -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Lawrence Zeitlin Sent: Friday, 31 August 2007 13:47 To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: [Leica] Re: Leica answer On Aug 30, 2007, at 6:50 PM, Adam wrote: > I keep thinking that you want a particular answer and are disgruntled > when you don't get it, Lawrence. I never intended to release a flood of emotions when I asked about the relative reliability of the M8. What I really wanted was someone to say that the M8, and indeed any Leica, is a camera, not the Holy Grail. I would have liked to see it compared objectively to other cameras, but I guess expecting Luggers to be unbiased is a real leap of faith. After all, it is the LUG. I don't even want to see it compared to Canon or Nikon. I have no interest in buying either. Nor am I unacquainted with the convenience of digital cameras. I have owned them since they first came out about 15 years ago, starting with a B&W Logitec, the Apple 100, and the Leica Digiflex Zoom. I regularly use an Olympus 4/3 DSLR, apparently the second choice of many Leica fans. The digitals let me take more pictures without a cost penalty but I seriously doubt that they are better pictures. What I would like to see is a comparison of the M8 with a film Leica, say the M6, using the same lenses on each, the film to be scanned at 4000 lpi on a top quality scanner. Surely one of the excellent photographers on the LUG has both cameras and the interest in making such a test. My problem is that I have film Leicas and lenses that I use for personal photography. I am satisfied with the results but I like the convenience of digital. The entry price of the M8 can buy a lot of film and processing. Still, I'm tempted. The largest pictures I regularly make these days are 8x10s with an occasional 11x14 or 16x20 for a photo show. No 40x60s ever. The value of Leica RF cameras as instinctive image making machines extends to the M8 as several Luggers have stated. I don't expect MF results from a 35 mm frame despite the assertions of M8 fans that Hassleblad quality can be squeezed out of the sensor. Too bad there isn't a Consumers Research for high end cameras. My problem would be resolved if someone would just give me an M8. I wonder what Leica does with all those returned cameras. Can't sell them as new. It's against the law. Larry Z _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information