Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've never understood why people want to take pictures in the dark anyway. On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 2:57 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>wrote: > I'm not surprised. I don't have an M9, only the lowly M8, but I have seen > enough M9 images and spoken to enough M9 users to realize that high ISO > just > is not a Leica strength, period. My Pentax K5 is far superior to my M8 in > this regard, and looking at the dpreview samples, it is also superior to > the > M9. But below ISO 800, Leica rules. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > On 12 Oct, 2011, at 9:27 , Mike Durling wrote: > > > I was particularly surprised for example that there wasn't a lot of > difference between the Panasonic GH2 and the M9, just looking at the high > ISO images. I know that these aren't real-world tests and that high ISO is > not why you buy an M9. Still, I wasn't expecting them to be so close. > > > > As a long time Leica user I'm not trying to bash the M9. Just, well, > surprised. > > > > Mike D > > > > On 10/11/11 8:34 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > >> In what way were you surprised, Mike? That some of them outperformed the > M9 at high ISO? > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Nathan > >> > >> On 12 Oct, 2011, at 2:25 , Mike Durling wrote: > >> > >>> DPreview has a nice feature where you can compare identical test shots > taken with different cameras. You can select the base ISO and pan around > the image to see how each camera images details and brightness ranges. > Obviously its only one data point in comparing camera systems, but I love > to bump the ISO up to 1600 and see how each camera does on this particular > test. > >>> > >>> The main page: > http://www.dpreview.com/news/1110/11101110leicam9comparisonshots.asp pits > the M9 against some other full frame cameras. I was pretty surprised > comparing it against some smaller sensor models. > >>> > >>> Mike D > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >> 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 > >> Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > >> Blog: http://www.nathansmusings.eu > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > > 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 > Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > Blog: http://www.nathansmusings.eu > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Chris Saganich www.imagebrooklyn.com