Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/25

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Subject: [Leica] Olympus XA (OT)
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 13:22:40 +0100
References: <CCD7625D.26A49%mark@rabinergroup.com>

I am not sure whose posts you are replying to. It certainly cannot be mine. 
Must be some fantasy.

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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On Nov 25, 2012, at 11:51 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote:

> I don't doubt the CMOS 1.5x crop beats the full frame CCD in the M9 in low
> light. I'm afraid I'm thinking more about a Leica M the new one a camera I
> would love to buy and use more more than the M9 from day one. And its CMOS
> full frame should beat the pants off a cmos crop and with Leica glass that
> certainly clinches it.
> Never the less I doubt I'd buy a 7 thousand dollar Leica body an M9 and
> leave it at home while heading out on the road. Leave it at home with my
> Leica glass so I can shoot some new prosumer here today gone tomorrow toy
> which is what? A bit lighter?  I'm more interested the images in my body of
> work than playing with new toys every time I climb into my car for a road
> trip.
> What happens when I'm confronted with a truly astounding photo opportunity
> and I have a Fuji in my hand and a 7000 dollar Leica at home in a closet?
> I'd call that a nightmare I'd want to wake up from.
> 
> Mark William Rabiner
> Photography
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
> 
> 
>> From: John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz>
>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 07:35:13 +0000
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Olympus XA (OT)
>> 
>> I have never really bonded with my X100, at high ASA it beats my M9 but in
>> good light there is no comparison as far as I am concerned - this is from
>> experience rather than reading web sites, unlike some ;-)
>> 
>> john
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> 
>> So, how many images have you made with the X100 since you know so much 
>> about
>> it?
>> 
>> Looking in my LR catalog, I see 1497 X100 images. Many of them are in poor
>> light, and I would put them against an M9 any time.
>> 
>> I am going to Paris for a couple of days on Tuesday, and because I need to
>> travel ultra-light, I am taking just the X100. I am sacrificing some
>> versatility wrt. focal length by doing so, but I am NOT sacrificing any 
>> image
>> quality.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Nov 25, 2012, at 6:07 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>> 
>>> The 800 dollar camera is in sync with the fact that its sensor is half
>>> the size of the RX1.
>>> This is the Leica list and we're talking about a high quality camera.
>>> Its not a smaller then necessary format camera selling for the price
>>> of a Leica lens shade.
>>> The Rollei 35 and Olympus XA really could give your SLR quality.
>>> If they were half frame cameras they could not.
>>> The Fuji is a half frame in effect digital camera.
>>> "quality" is not why your buying the camera unless your comparing it
>>> against junk point and shoots.
>>> And my apologies to those who bought the camera thinking you were
>>> buying a piece of top pro gear. But it would not take a genius to
>>> figure out a full frame compact was in the wings. And yes they cost real
>>> money.
>>> 
>>> Mark William Rabiner
>>> Photography
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
>>> 
>> 
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