Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sorry Geoff, you are relatively new to the LUG, I have been saying how much I liked digital for many years, and at the beginning there were not many here who agreed with me........... hence the smiley with tongue out. I have not used film in years. My M8 is my favourite camera. I was trying to poke fun at those who used to announce that film was equivalent to 50 megapixels and all that rubbish years ago! cheers, Frank --- On Sat, 1/11/08, Geoff Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > From: Geoff Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> > Subject: RE: [Leica] R10 news > To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Saturday, 1 November, 2008, 3:19 PM > Frank I have no experience with Canon. I'll leave any > Canon discussion to > those interested. Digital sensors are miles behind film in > what aspects? > I respectfully disagree regarding the M8. In my experience, > images from my > M8 are superior to anything I ever scanned from my film > M's. That is to say > in resolution, scalability, control, flexibility, > convenience, productivity. > Sorry but there it is. I suspect that users of the R8/DMR > have some views on > this also. > > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ > Maike Harbets speaks on the S2. .... So we will drop down > this technology to > our other systems. > Our priority is to modernise the R system which will be in > the end an R10, > definitely. > > -----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 > FRANK DERNIE > Sent: Sunday, 2 November 2008 00:54 > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] R10 news > > Quite so. A recent review of the new Canon 50D pointed out > that overall > resolution was not really improved over tha 40D, and the > real world results > very little better or worse due to lens and noise reduction > limitations. > But I have been told so very often digital sensors are > still miles behind > film....... ;-P > > > --- On Sat, 1/11/08, wildlightphoto@earthlink.net > <wildlightphoto@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > From: wildlightphoto@earthlink.net > <wildlightphoto@earthlink.net> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] R10 news > > To: "Leica Users Group" > <lug@leica-users.org> > > Date: Saturday, 1 November, 2008, 1:27 PM A. Lal > wrote: > > > > >I had a chance to speak to Ms. Harbets at the > Leica > > booth at NY Photo-Expo > > >last week. I'd be very surprised if the R 10 > goes > > on sale before the next > > >Photokina. By then C, N and S will probably have > 30 > > meg sensors in their > > >top bodies. Not sure what Leica need to compete. > > > > C, N and S will need to revamp much of their lens > lineup in order to > > take advantage of 30MP sensors. Early results from > the 5DII suggest > > that its sensor is overkill for many of the EF lenses. > Absent a > > completely new set of lenses, C, N and S will do > better to address bit > > depth and DR deficiencies. > > > > Doug Herr > > Birdman of Sacramento > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information