Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you, Lluis! I do intend to travel as light as possible. Since I will be covered from head to toe, I don't have to worry about clothes!! My carry-on suitcase will be a camera bag with lots of batteries, cards, portable hard drives, netbook, and cables! Maybe 2 or 3 cameras and 3 or 4 lenses. I hope that's all! Tina On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 11:07 AM, lluisripollphotography < lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote: > > Tina, > > In a such trip my opinion is do as simple as you can, I think it will be > better for you carrying the M 240 and 246, (same batteries) > , I?m sure that with your knowledge of edition you will not appreciate > big differences between MM and M246, on the other hand M246 is maybe more > useful for a rapid use, it blocks better the highlights than the MM and it > allow go to high ISO with less noise. About the Nocti? I think you will > have a very small difference in DOF, this would be the only reason to take > it (not for the light) and IHMO in a trip like this comfort is important. > More free you will be of equipment more free you will be for creativity! > > Cheers > Lluis > > > > > > El 12 febr 2016, a les 16:56, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> va > escriure: > > > > I'm trying to decide which one to take to Iran. The only way for me to > do > > that is to use them and compare the photos and the handling of the > camera. > > I had heard that the files were better from the MM but the handling is > > better with the M246. That's what I'm "testing". So far, the higher ISO > > performance of the M246 is making me lean toward it. It's very dark in > the > > souks. Should I take the heavy Noctilux or just the Summilux? That is > the > > kind of thing I am testing. > > > > > > Tina > > > > On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 10:26 AM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> > wrote: > > > >> Tina posted them as comparisons of the original Monochrom to the new > CMOS > >> M(246).... > >> > >> john > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> > >> Right. She is not testing the camera or lens. She is testing the > >> photographic system, which includes the photographer and the > environment in > >> which the system is working. Real life tests will tell you how the > system > >> will perform in the world in which you are working. A test of the > system > >> has to include all variables as variables. The test of one item has to > >> control all variables. Apples oranges. Who cares what the camera alone > >> can do if you will never be using it under those controlled conditions? > >> > >> Keep testing and learning how the system works. I look forward to the > >> amazing photos it will produce in your hands. > >> > >> Aram > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Tina Manley > > http:// > > < > http://t.sidekickopen35.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XYgfmKYPW4WzBHl3Mx_9dW3LqWkM56dQ1Jf7P8b5b02?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftina-manley.artistwebsites.com%2F&si=6038418186567680&pi=1d873799-4074-4672-e16e-b0e444a430ed > > > > www.tinamanley.com > > http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://t.sidekickopen35.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XYgfmKYPW4WzBHl3Mx_9dW3LqWkM56dQ1Jf7P8b5b02?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftina-manley.artistwebsites.com%2F&si=6038418186567680&pi=fbaa8d29-42fd-4eb2-8de9-f3a8e5c7c72d> www.tinamanley.com http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/