Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/29

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Nikon's got something..........
From: philippe.amard at tele2.fr (Philippe AMARD)
Date: Sat Nov 29 13:17:51 2008
References: <200811291518.mATFHdKR026062@server1.waverley.reid.org> <4931AF3B.4060903@telefonica.net> <00c301c95267$01087390$80f510ac@chris0436b6050>

Stab on?
congrats in either case
phx


Chris Williams wrote:

> 2500iso is the new 400iso. Deal with it, move on, Leica, get some 
> higher iso performance please!
>
> Chris who just sold some 16x20 images shot at 4000iso hand held 
> outside during a full moon in the Quarter.
>
> Chris
> NOLA
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "F?elix L?opez de Maturana"
> Subject: [Leica] Re: OT: Nikon's got something..........
>
>
>> >
>>
>>> I believe it is not the Sony chip. Sure they can charge over $5000, 
>>> if it
>>> > is
>>> > good enough. Sony seems to have limitations above ISO400 according to
>>> > reviews...I bet Nikon delivers clean files at ISO 1600. It also 
>>> has a > crop
>>> > mode at 10mp.
>>> > Cheers
>>> > Jayanand
>>
>> I'm actually using both the Nikon D700 *and* the Sony Alpha 900 with 
>> his outstanding Carl Zeiss Vario Sonnar 24-70mm f2.8 zoom and if 
>> Nikon images at 3.200 ISO are almost usable the Sony has some quality 
>> up to 1.600 ISO. Every sensor has noise at *all* ISO value and very 
>> often some guys see the bottle half empy or...half full. Beeing the 
>> same sensor only the better experience of Nikon making cameras may 
>> suggest the new D3x could be better than the Sony concerning noise. 
>> Let's see.. To remain on topic I've compared images from the Sony 
>> with th CZ zoom and the M8 with a Summicron ASPH and surely due to 
>> the much bigger resolution the Sony images look more detailed for me
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Felix
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from felixmaturana at telefonica.net (FÂelix LÂopez de Maturana) ([Leica] Re: OT: Nikon's got something..........)
Message from leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Chris Williams) ([Leica] OT: Nikon's got something..........)