Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/22

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Subject: [Leica] M2/HP5 and Monochrom comparison
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 09:44:19 +0530
References: <CAEFt+w9R02MDeW-_4Jt07UCK_5PABdHNBb9iaHMedw1hSdL-Bw@mail.gmail.com> <CAF8hL-HA=bhz-h=K3sO+eFr3NJoDiWZaivUNZt53_eOMdEHpvg@mail.gmail.com> <CABmfTOWu8wHxnUr4QN=KfJghAf2mn-W=nBsV6NUGN7wWHN4ynA@mail.gmail.com> <78A677CC-D0B3-4096-911F-7C9A45EE9906@archiphoto.com>

Personally, I find all such comparisons, however well done, totally
uninteresting and pointless. There is not a camera around today that
will not give great results - the choice is largely in the handling
and the purpose the equipment is to be used and nothing else.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 9:40 AM, Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com> 
wrote:
> I have to say I agree with this. Between the poor processing (for both 
> films and the digital files) and the vast difference in the lenses 
> comparisons are a bit pointless for these images.
>
> For these images I probably would have tried 2500 ISO and up and maybe 
> some filtering for all the films/sensors.
>
> Personally, I don't like the old Noctilux with the MM that much at low 
> ISO. With the sensor outresolving the wide open lens to that degree, and 
> so much of the image OOF, the smoothness becomes excessive. With the new 
> Noctilux it might well be different, as it is with the Summilux ASPH. 
> There the parts of the image near the center that are in focus are sharp, 
> and the sensor can make use of that.
>
> In these images, the film just looks somewhat murky and lacks the 
> crispness (with grain) that HP5 can deliver so well, and that can make the 
> images sing.
>
> Henning
>
>
>
> On 2014-03-22, at 2:47 AM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote:
>
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>> That HP5+ looks just as badly processed as the MM files . . .
>>
>> Marty
>>
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> Henning Wulff
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In reply to: Message from dankhong at gmail.com (Dan Khong) ([Leica] M2/HP5 and Monochrom comparison)
Message from richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] M2/HP5 and Monochrom comparison)
Message from benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney) ([Leica] M2/HP5 and Monochrom comparison)
Message from henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff) ([Leica] M2/HP5 and Monochrom comparison)