[LRflex] Re: Le Voyage Digital de Bille

Bille:
I too own a Canon G5.

I like it.  It's a keeper until it breaks, which it surely will.  Just a matter 
of time.  So what?

It is fraught with limitations, but so is a Space Shuttle.

It was my first digital purchase, two years ago.  I held out for a long time 
until I saw something like a range finder design that was not totally plastic.  
Sort of a digital M5 wannabe with flaws.  But at least it was in a black metal 
body.

Even at "only" 5 Mpixels, it has yielded some remarkable results, as long as I 
stay between ISO 50 and 100, only shoot Large JPEG, forget about action shots 
or indoor dark flash pix, etc. etc.

But properly used, it has been a very satisfying "utility camera" that now and 
then amazes me.

It aint no Leica; for "serious stuff", its always the R8 or R9, or maybe my 
remarkable little Contax T2.

But I  would NEVER discourage anyone from buying a digicam; they are fun, 
useful and great educational tools for film photographers to brush up their 
Basic Photography skills.  Guys like me.

In fact, I never order prints off my R8/9 neg film any more.

I have my stuff commercially processed and scanned to high resolution disk for 
work in Photoshop Elements for Mac so I can digitally print at home then select 
the shots that I want "wet" printed.  Works for me and less costly than 
printing every frame of every roll.

The CD becomes a sort of "Digital Proof Sheet", si vous voulez.

I shot a candid portrait on request last year with the G5; example attached 
(ISO 100, hand held, indoor, available light).  This image easily went to 8x10 
and printed  beautifully...).  I rest my case.

Regards,

Robert en Seattle


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From: "Bille Xavier F." <hot_billexf@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Hello Bob,
> 
> Indeed, it was a little provocative. Probably, looking at EXIF data, you 
> found that it was actually a 2 MP image. It was even more provocative since 
> te file was 2.7 M bytes.
> 
> Bob I'm gald of your reaction, it is very interesting. There are a lot of 
> unknown to me in this dugital world. And it's far more complex than a normal 
> consumer like you and I may grab. No Pun inteded, I'm far more ignorant than 
> you although my job is IT Engineer (in a very different field :))
> 
> When David showed me his pix on the DMR screen, I realised there was a 
> tremendous step forward compared to film. The possibilty to give the sensor 
> a set of paameters to match all the different lighting condition, going from 
> 100 ISO to 3200 ISO in a simple push button, going from nightscene to bright 
> sunshine easily.
> 
> And your Canon has all this as well. The little Powershot I have ordered 
> while waiting for the R10 is a Canon, with the same essence as your Canon. 
> Lesser quality results, probably. You are right to despise it, but to show 
> pix to friends, it's enough.
> 
> I'm indeed joining your view, "it will do until later" except I put more 
> "love" to my R7 and the fuji Provia 100 ISO than in a Digital. But please do 
> not not consider me as hopeless, wait a little....
> 
> What does the difference is the geometry and absolute lack of distorsion 
> from the Leica R lenses. Of course, it takes days to scan a slide but in 
> fact I can't stand those barrel/convex distorsion.
> 
> When I take a pix with the Elmarit 24 (although sometimes despised), the pix 
> looks OK (provided I have not made mistakes). Same applies to the Sa 21. 
> When I take a pix with the Canon G5, for a friend in India, Mamma Mia....
> 
> So, I follow your feeling. I am waiting for a R10 with a 1.3 factor. It may 
> not even come. But that"s what I like. And if the M8 is a possible answer, 
> I'll keep my clumsy settings.
> 
> Thanks again Bob for your strong point exposed with an ultimate diplomacy. 
> It is very delicate and constructive. In fact, I adhere to all your 
> conclusions. Keep on.
> ---------------------------------
> Xavier F. BILLE
> Maisons-Alfort - France.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >From: bob palmieri <rpalmier@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [LRflex] Re: Non Leica, Digital Wanderings, The R10 tha I dream 
> >of.
> >Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 10:18:14 -0500
> >
> >On Sep 25, 2006, at 3:21 PM, Bille Xavier F. wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Here is another one:
> >
> > > http://xavierf.b.free.fr/Temp/Buffet.jpg
> > >
> > > Surprising, eh?
> > >
> > > ---> Given the tremendous possibilities of this little Point and
> > > shoot,
> > > given to see what a simple old digital camera can do,
> >
> >Xavier -
> >
> >Thanks for putting forth this provocative and courageous position.
> >Here's what I think you like about the camera: it's small, easy to
> >snap with and inexpensive.
> >
> >What I think you like about the pictures is that they seem sharp (and
> >reasonably well illuminated and exposed.)  I feel that you're very
> >much on the mark with using computer monitor display as one of the
> >main criteria in making your point, because the sharpness impression
> >(in the tableshot), I believe, is partially a result of 1:1 pixel
> >mapping. In other display forms this machine might not bite the eye
> >the same way.
> >
> >But your pictures also exemplify some of the things I can't tolerate
> >about these little marvels, especially all the distortion in the
> >tableshot, and the fact that the thing probably snapped the picture
> >later than you intended in the shot with the dancer's arm on the
> >right side of the photo.
> >
> >And in fact, it is the "everything in focus" small-sensor thing which
> >also drives me nuts sometimes when I'm trying to get the image to
> >look a lot less busy.
> >
> >I gotta tellya that as a guy who just LUVS small, light, and
> >inexpensive gear, I bought a sorta high-end small (not quite pocket-
> >size) digisnapper a couple of years ago and HATED it.
> >
> >So, I've taken the opposite approach to your small-supplement-to-the-
> >serious-snapper-solution and just taken to hauling around my 20D as a
> >one-box compromise instead.  It's not nearly as small as a digicam
> >and won't produce the big-time results that the DMR will under some
> >circumstances but it's the way for me at the moment.
> >
> >Bob Palmieri
> >
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