[Leica] Erwin and the S2; comparison

[dennis at hale-pohaku.com (Dennis)]

So the RAW data is not really what is recorded in the RAW file?  It's 
"tweaked" depending upon the lens attached or????

I can see the firmware controlling the amplifier gain depending upon the 
ISO selected. Also subtracting any measured dark noise from the sensor.

But, I thought Leica disdained the alteration of RAW data to corrected 
lens distortion or CA preferring instead to fix that in the optics of 
their lenses.


Richard Man wrote:
> I disagree. We don't know what's available to Leica. There were only 3 full
> frame sensors: Sony, Nikon and Canon, and it's hard to imagine any of the
> three would have given it to Leica.
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> Also, 3 letters: CCD. A major part of the digital camera R&D is on the post
> processing software, and I am referring to getting the best RAW data out of
> the sensor, not the JPG engine and Leica's expertise (so far) is on CCD
> sensors. It would have taken them a lot longer to get a CMOS team going.
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> Lastly, the M9 is not meant to be the best digital camera out there, just
> the best rangefinder digital camera, and that it succeeds, and arrived much
> earlier than most people expected.
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