Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I truly have never run into the buffer problem with the MM but I must be a much slower shooter! I'm carrying my MM with me all the time these days and absolutely love it. I could almost do without any other camera but there are times when only color will do ;-) Tina On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 5:41 PM, Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com>wrote: > I like the family shot better as well; it's just that the shot of Tom > shows many of the MM's strengths that the M240 and certainly the M9 can't > compete with. > > If only it weren't so @#$%^&* slow!!! > > When I take a number of frames of people, I can't guarantee that the best > expression will be in the first 7 frames. It might be the 8th or 9th frame, > and then, with the MM, I'm hooped as I wait many seconds for the buffer to > clear. It's made worse by the fact that the DNG's from the MM are > uncompressed. The compressed M9 DNG's clear faster. I've never seen a > difference between compressed and uncompressed with the M9, but the MM > files might be different. > > There's nothing to compete with the MM files though, unless it's those > from the Phase One B&W back. But that would be even a lot slower to shoot. > Ah, why can't we have it all???? :-) > > Henning > > > > > On 2013-06-26, at 1:41 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > > > > "Henning Wulff" <henningw at archiphoto.com> wrote > > offered to get me a loaner MM for a week or so. Well, the MM has arrived > and I have use of it until next Tuesday. Eight pictures from it starting > at: > >> > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hwulff/various/L1000022.jpg.html > >> > > Nice observational stuff there Henning. I echo the praise for the detail > in the T & J shot, but think I like "Family Visiting" better > > > > Musing on the Fuji Leica debate, I have to admit I passed on a > secondhard M9 in Conns Cameras in Dublin last Saturday week when I bought > my X-100S. They were looking for euro 3.5k for it. The price of the new > Fuji times three. I'll continue to use my Leica lenses on my M3 or on the > IIIc for the moment.... > > > > Douglas > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > Henning Wulff > henningw at archiphoto.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com