Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/02/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think tests most often involve the actual act of taking pictures. When one tries to be a bit controlled about it and it not shooting the pictures for a portfolio piece but it perhaps comparing the result ageist another camera or lens then it gets called a test. On 2/11/16 3:24 PM, "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> wrote: > If you want a test done on a tripod there are plenty on the internet. Here > is one: > > http://www.reddotforum.com/content/2015/06/bw-iso-showdown-leica-m-monochrom-t > yp-246-vs-m-monochrom-m9-vs-m-typ-240/ > > He concludes that the M246 is much better at very high ISOs, but the MM and > M240 hold their own at lower ISOs. > > And one of the comments after all of his tests: > > "what does any of this have to do with actually taking pictures. these > tests are such a waste of time. who cares. just go and shoot. i never > understood people who spend so much time benchmarking ISO and DOF, etc. > Just spend more time shooting and less time analyzing." > > Not written by me! > > Tina > > Tina > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 2:42 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote: > >> They are completely static subjects..... >> >> john >> ________________________________________ >> >> They are to me. >> >> Tina >> >> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 2:29 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> >> wrote: >> >>> Waste of time then, they are your cameras but what you show are not >>> worthwhile tests ;-) >>> >>> john >>> >>> ________________________________________ >>> >>> As I have said before, I do not do controlled tests on tripods. I do >> real >>> life tests the way I would use the cameras. Tripod tests would be of no >>> use to me since I never use a tripod. I hold the camera or prop it on >> the >>> nearest post. It works for me, maybe not for others. >>> >>> Tina >>> >>> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 1:43 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Not on a tripod so hard to compare (viewpoint changes), look for >> tonality >>>> differences at 320-1600asa as the 246 is better at +5000asa >>>> >>>> john >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> >>>> PESO: >>>> >>>> I did some tests with the Noctilux and Summilux on the MM and M246. I >>>> have a hard time telling the files apart. I did notice that neither >>> camera >>>> records the aperture correctly because all of the photos were either >> shot >>>> wide open or at F/8 and they were not recorded that way. I also shot >>> some >>>> with both cameras at ISO 6400 but that was not recorded either. The >> M246 >>>> files are about half the size of the MM files. These are the ones shot >>>> with the 50/1.4: >>>> >>>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/162551679 >>>> >>>> and hit next until the end. These have absolutely nothing done to them >>>> except importing into LR as raw files and exporting to pBase as jpegs. >>> I'll >>>> post the Noctilux ones later. >>>> >>>> Tina >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Tina Manley >>>> www.tinamanley.com >>>> http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/ >>>> >>>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/