Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Foveon X3 sensor was 20.7 mm ? 13.8 mm. It would have been a very hard sell getting serious photographers used to 24x36mm's or close to go back to that size. It would have had to show superior results and it didn't even come close. Has anyone heard of anyone using one to do jobs? Or even happy snaps? Who knows how it would have looked if they came out with a full sized sensor. Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > From: Jefffery Smith <jsmith342 at gmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:24:02 -0500 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica ME? > > The Foveon CCD gives marvelous color results, but is noisy and, even worse, > attached to a camera with write speeds that make you wonder if the camera > is > stuck in a do loop. > > Sent from my iPad > > Jeffery L. Smith > New Orleans, Louisiana > USA > > On Aug 27, 2012, at 18:58, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > >> The way I see it any image we see nowadays in the media and done by >> commercial photographers; masters of their craft are done with CMOS >> sensors. >> The only cameras without them are medium format digital and small point >> and >> shoots. So this distain for the look of CMOS I think can only be found on >> the LUG. Not in the real world. Its academic in the worst sense. And its >> not >> as if we have a choice. If Nikon or Canon or anybody else felt there was >> some edge they'd get with coming out with a CCD based DSLR or other >> serious >> camera in the 24x36mm realm they'd have done so long ago. There isn't so >> they haven't. These people are not stupid. And they are making highly >> competitive gear. Its Leicas job to come out with something just a tad >> better or more. I think the M10 will be clearly that. Much more so than >> the >> M9. >> >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photography >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >> >> >>> From: Alastair Firkin <afirkin at afirkin.com> >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:21:23 -0400 >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica ME? >>> >>> The CMOS sensor has advantages, but arn't we giving up the 'beauty' of >>> the >>> CCD which we have all been praising for so long ;-) >>> >>> >>>> On Aug 26, 2012, at 9:41 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >>>> >>>>> I think its phony becuae its saying that BECAUSE it has a CMOS sensor >>>>> its >>>>> going to have live view. And video. I'm going to stick my neck out >>>>> and >>>>> say >>>>> both live view and video are very un Leica like and will never been >>>>> seen >>>>> in >>>>> a Leica M. things are just not that bad and I don't think they ever >>>>> will >>>>> be. >>>>> I so have some faith left in the human spirit. >>>>> So I'm thinking these people must but Gearhead idiots I've never heard >>>>> o >>>>> them before. Their next review will be of a compact portable hard disk >>>>> which >>>>> backups wireless with a clever blinking light which goes from red to >>>>> green. >>>> >>>> If the damn thing has a Cmos sensor >>>> it damn well better have live view. >>>> Obviously a big plus for all sorts of photography; >>>> not the least of which is the use of R lenses. >>>> >>>> While, when turned off, not in anyone's way. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> George Lottermoser >>>> george at imagist.com >>>> http://www.imagist.com >>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog >>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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