Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jan 27, 2010, at 7:36 PM, grduprey at mchsi.com wrote: > And this is important because? Its only 8 hundreths of a second, who > really cares? and please, why in the world is the Subject...leica M10 under attack... ? this ranks high on the scale of cerebral auto-eroticism. Steve > > Gene > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marty Deveney" <benedenia at gmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 8:04:31 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central > Subject: Re: [Leica] leica m10 under attack > > The shutter lag of a Leica M3 is 0.016 s (it is the same for the other > mechanical Leica Ms), the M7 is 0.012 s and a Nikon D3 is about 0.041 > s. I've seen various times advertised for the M8/M9 but I > consistently timed my M8s and one of the M9s I trialled at ~0.08 s. > it's six times the mechanical Ms and twice the D3. > > Marty > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at > gmail.com> wrote: >> Can any other M9 owners comment on this mentioned shutter lag or is there >> a >> technical source to quantify this? >> I have no means of measuring anything and can only comment that I have >> never >> noticed any discernible lag at all with my M9 nor my M8. >> A couple of people elsewhere have mentioned this but there has been some >> confusion whether they were referring to travel/feel of the shutter >> release >> action, or writing speed to buffer perhaps. >> Knowing Marty I am sure that he has meant shutter lag precisely . >> >> Cheers >> Geoff >> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >> >> >> On 28 January 2010 10:18, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> If such a thing existed I'd already have one and maybe two, >>> particularly if Leica also decreased the shutter lag. >>> >>> I've used a back for a photomicroscope based on a monochrome sensor >>> for B&W output that was enough to convince me that the dynamic range >>> alone would be enough to convince me. >>> >>> Marty >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Henning Wulff <henningw at >>> archiphoto.com> >>> wrote: >>>> From what I've seen of the Kodak 760, I would go for a B&W M9/10. You'd >>> gain >>>> about 2 stops of sensitivity, 2 stops of dynamic range and also a >>> noticeable >>>> increase in resolution. >>>> >>>> I haven't got an M9, but I would go for a B&W M9 before a colour M9. >>>> >>>> >>>> At 8:37 AM +0100 1/27/10, Nathan Wajsman wrote: >>>>> >>>>> He is suggesting what would likely be a 7000 Euro camera that cannot >>> even >>>>> take a color picture ?! >>>>> >>>>> Good thing he is not in a position of power at Leica, the company would >>>>> have been bankrupt by now... >>>>> >>>>> Nathan >>>>> >>>>> Nathan Wajsman >>>>> Alicante, Spain >>>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu >>>>> http://www.greatpix.eu >>>>> http://www.nathanfoto.com >>>>> >>>>> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 >>>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >>>>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Jan 27, 2010, at 8:21 AM, mehrdad wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/hogan-leica.shtml >>>>>> >>>>>> the second article to appear @ luminous that is trying to shape a new >>>>>> lecia >>>>>> m10 >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> * Henning J. Wulff >>>> /|\ Wulff Photography & Design >>>> /###\ mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com >>>> |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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