[Leica] Thinking about a D700 or D7000

[john.o.newell at comcast.net (J. Newell)]

Sorry for the serial posts...as an additional observation on this paragraph: 
" CaNikon cropped is not the same as M8 cropped and you'll never get this 
through your head until you try the M8, Mark. In numerous comparisons the 
image quality of the DMR's cropped 10MP files were found to be comparable to 
the uncropped 15MP Canon 1DsII. I suspect you'd find much the same 
relationship between the M8's files and the full-frame CaNikon files the NYT 
editors are accustomed to seeing. Going from a D700 and good Nikon glass to 
an M8 with Leica glass will improve the technical quality of the photos you 
have to sell except where you need the D700's high ISO capabilities." 


...please let me add that, into the bargain, you will spend much less time 
in PP with the M8 files. That has been my experience, anyway. 


John Newell 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> 
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> 
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 2:59:57 PM 
Subject: Re: [Leica] Thinking about a D700 or D7000 

Mark Rabiner wrote: 

>The anti has gone up. 

I think it's ante. 

>In the 24 features shot for the NYTimes from '07 to '09 the issue that I 
>was 
>shooting cropped came up many times. On several occasions they were ready 
>to run one of my pix I'd just turned in big on the cover of the section but 
>when things calmed down when they saw they were not getting the same kind 
>of 
>full frame (then Canon) quality they were used to it ended up not so big on 
>the page. 
>That's how I perceived it at least. 

CaNikon cropped is not the same as M8 cropped and you'll never get this 
through your head until you try the M8, Mark. In numerous comparisons the 
image quality of the DMR's cropped 10MP files were found to be comparable to 
the uncropped 15MP Canon 1DsII. I suspect you'd find much the same 
relationship between the M8's files and the full-frame CaNikon files the NYT 
editors are accustomed to seeing. Going from a D700 and good Nikon glass to 
an M8 with Leica glass will improve the technical quality of the photos you 
have to sell except where you need the D700's high ISO capabilities. 

BTW, It's OK to just come out and say you have an irrational hate for the 
M8. No need to try and make it seem like a rational choice. Or you could ask 
Ted or Tina how they're able to sell so many photos made with the crappy, 
unusable M8. 

Doug Herr 
Birdman of Sacramento 
http://www.wildlightphoto.com 



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