Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Alastair, > I never look at these tests, but I was really moved to do so by curiosity, > because of the impassioned defense the DMR invariably gets here. High ISO > comparision is as I would have expected. To my surprise, it seems that the > D3s has much more detail in the low ISO shots (100&200) as well, and > whatever lens you used on it (I presume 70-200) seemed to control flare > better than its Leica counterpart as well. Look at the specular highlights > above 990. How come? > > BTW, with the Nikon D700, I start with EV -0.7, but then use the histogram > to fine tune exposure. > > Cheers > Jayanand I think controlling exposure and focus changes things quite a bit. This was not the aim of the exercise, and on the first trial the focus of the D3s was slightly out and made the images look lousy. I need to concentrate on other factors before being too definitive on other issues. Thanks for the comments Cheers Alastair