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Subject: [Leica] Time to sell your old outdated M9!
From: leowesson at gmail.com (leo wesson)
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:47:22 -0500
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Leo Wesson
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On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 8:58 PM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> I've found the noise / ISO performance and dynamic range measurements
> from DXO mark useful, but the rest of their criteria seem strangely
> aggregated to me.
>
> I wish they would review digital backs for microscopes, but I doubt
> they would get relevant samples from the manufacturers. ?We've
> switched to digital for work totally now, my last work recorded on
> film (on Kodachrome) was published recently:
> http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02348p022f.pdf
> we acknowledged Kodachrome and its long history in the paper. ?I used
> to love the anticipation of those yellow boxes arriving in the mail.
>
> Marty
>
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> 
> wrote:
>> Me?!
>>
>> Actually, it's just my indirect snide remark on anyone who says "This test
>> shows that..."
>>
>> It all comes down to what feels good to the photographer himself or 
>> herself.
>> Tests aren't everything!
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 5:00 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at 
>> gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> **
>>> I thought you got tired of provoking fights here Richard?!!!! Too much 
>>> Yang
>>> and not enough Yin maybe?
>>>
>>> ?"DxOMark Sensor is composed of objective and repeatable measurements, 
>>> but
>>> the way they are aggregated is arbitrary!"
>>>
>>> We have indeed arbitrarily chosen to balance landscape (Dynamic Range),
>>> portrait (Color Sensitivity), and action photography (Low-Light ISO)
>>> equally
>>> as we attempt to answer the needs of typical photographers. Depending on
>>> your personal use of your camera, you may want to weight these measures
>>> differently. For the sake of simplicity, we chose the simplest possible
>>> combination as an average of all three use-cases
>>> ?**
>>> *Disclaimer:** This dxomark review evaluates **only **the selected 
>>> camera?s
>>> RAW sensor performance metrics (i.e., Color Depth, Dynamic Range, and
>>> Low-Light ISO), and should not be construed as a review of the camera?s
>>> overall performance, as it does not address such other important criteria
>>> as
>>> image signal processing, mechanical robustness, ease of use, flexibility,
>>> optics, value for money, etc. While RAW sensor performance is critically
>>> important, it is not the only factor that should be taken into
>>> consideration
>>> when choosing a digital camera.*
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Geoff
>>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>>>
>>>
>>> On 23 March 2010 08:09, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Boohoo, sensor only as good as a 4 year old 5D. What are they thinking?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> http://www.dxomark.com/index.php/eng/DxOMark-Sensor/DxOMark-reviews/DxOMark-review-for-the-Leica-M9
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > We demand. autofocus, ISO 128000, 9 fps, 24 Megapixels wonderbrick!!!
>>> >
>>> > Oh wait, it already exists,
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> blog: <
>>> > http://imagecraft.wordpress.com>
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> blog: <
>> http://imagecraft.wordpress.com>
>> // portfolio: <http://www.imagecraft.com/pub/PICS/AnotherCalifornia2>
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In reply to: Message from richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] Time to sell your old outdated M9!)
Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] Time to sell your old outdated M9!)
Message from richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] Time to sell your old outdated M9!)
Message from benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney) ([Leica] Time to sell your old outdated M9!)