Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]But as I recall (sob!--sold it 20 years ago), my Nocti was heavier. Brass I suppose. I'm mentally drooling over the idea of a full-frame M9 with a D700- like, "merely" 12MP CMOS sensor (low noise and ISO 25600 capability)? with a Nocti! Photography in total darkness! I was at a State Park lodge at my hometown in southern Ohio recently where photos of the lodge during its construction were hanging on the walls. I recognized them as the moonlight time-exposure photos that I took when I was a college student working summers there as a park ranger in 1966-7. As I recall, High Speed Ektachrome, M2 + Canon 50/2 collapsible, and a minute or two Bulb setting on a tripod. I still recall the sense of wonder at seeing the developed slides with their underexposed-daylight-like images, complete with blue sky. --howard On Feb 9, 2009, at 5:41 PM, Edward J Caliguri wrote: > > > > Thanks Howard! The Nikon D700 is something else. I recall as a kid > with a Nikkormat and 50 f/2.0 using a tripod in the cold for moonlit > shots at midnight, with star tracks and all. Here - you can almost > read the weathervane's 'rotor housing' or whatever it's called! I > hope Leica is able to come to a good compromise between pixel size > and number if and when the R10 hits the shelves. I am constantly > amazed at how this D700 performs, and I like it much more than the > new Canon 5D which has more megapixels overall. > > No - not giving up he Leicas; But this shows that there is a place > for a 'few' system cameras in everyone's arsenal. > > But that Sigma 50mm! That looks like a Noctilux on Steroids! > > Ed > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information