[LRflex] Re: For Kevin: Choosing Nikon bodies for Leica Glass
- From: "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard@xxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 22:31:43 +0100
I went the Nikon D700 route and regret it - apart from (stunning) high
ISO the camera is not meant for me, period. Not after Leicas.
I had intended to get the E5, I still might do this as I haven't sold
my outstanding D-vario elmarit nor my crystal Oly 7-14 and 50-200
Yet, I'm at a loss for the first time in my life, no camera does make
me dream, AT ALL ...
Ageing probably ;-)
Philippe
Le 11 déc. 11 à 20:16, Frank Filippone a écrit :
> You speak highly of an Olympus body... but what body are you
> speaking about?
> I have a Telyt/Visoflex body mount for a Olympus body....IS
> isInteresting
> for me.....
>
> I do agree with your Nikon choices..... My personal choice would be
> the D700
> or D300... The "difference" being if you shoot long lenses or
> not... and
> your pocketbook...
>
> How is the VF brightness between the 3?
>
> I still shoot some film, and have a F4 body. With all the available
> VF
> screens, I am not sure I can beat what I have now for manual
> focusing....the
> D1x being pretty weak.
>
> OTOH, almost anything would be an upgrade from my current D1x.
>
> Drop Proofing? Speak to www.Squaretrade.com
>
>
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: leicareflex-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:leicareflex-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Young
> Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 8:33 AM
> To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [LRflex] For Kevin: Choosing Nikon bodies for Leica Glass
>
>> David,
>>
>> I'm in a similar dilemma, although I never had a DMR, and I am years
>> behind you skill-wise. I have a R8 and R6.2 and 5 R-lens which I too
>> highly value. If money was not a deciding factor, in which Nikon
>> body
>> would you invest? I am looking for a long-term solution and am
>> willing to pay more up front. I'm just back from 9 days in Thailand,
>> and while I enjoy shooting film, I am envious of the great raw images
>> my wife gets from her Leica X1. I'm shooting primarily BW film,
>> however. It's just the wait and scanning routine with my Imacon 343
>> that I am finding prohibitively time-consuming and hence impractical.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Kevin
>
> Good Morning, Kevin!
>
> I envy your 9 days in Thailand. Rose and I were lucky enough to
> spend a
> month there, in 2002. Like you, I shot film, and scanned the images
> with a
> Nikon Coolscan V. An excellent scanner, which I still use, on
> occasion.
> However, like your Imacon, painfully slow, even if the results are
> superb.
> Equivalent to a 24mp image!
>
> If money were no object, I'd still not buy top-of-the-line. The
> financial
> loss in digital cameras is simply to great, compared with film
> cameras.
> Look at an M3 ... sells today, in good condition, for more than was
> paid
> new. Meanwhile, an M8 now sells, used, for half it's 2006 price. And
> Leica's hold their value better than most! (I sadly miss my R8+DMR.
> But,
> financially, having Leica buy it back from me, without loss, was
> perhaps the
> best financial move I could have made.)
>
> I'd be torn between 3 models, and I'll tell you why.
>
> The D700 offers 12mp with a Full Frame sensor. This means photos
> virtually
> devoid of noise, even at
> very high ISOs. Which means no need for flash. (I learned at the
> foot of
> Dr. Ted, and *hate*
> "Twinkie-lights".) I need no more than 12mp ... at 300dpi and only
> very
> little interpolation, an
> 11x14" print is readily made, and I rarely make anything bigger.
> In fact,
> the biggest prints I
> sell, are 12x18" prints and they look bloody marvelous, out of both
> the 10mp
> Oly and R8+DMR. My best selling print in this (or any) size is a
> Hummingbird, taken with an 8mp Canon 20D (and 80~200 Vario-Elmar).
>
> So Megapixels is not the issue. I see little advantage in super high
> resolution sensors, other than the ability to crop a shot and still
> have
> lots of MPs left. Of course, with these sensors, there is always a
> noise
> problem.
>
> So, my other choice would be a D300s. Cheaper, and with about the
> same
> Megapixels. Thus, my 400 Telyt "grows" to around 600mm, in
> "effective"
> focal length. For me (although not everybody), this is a HUGE
> advantage in
> my wildlife work, as I can forego extenders (converters). When your
> max
> f-stop is 6.8, this is a good thing! The other advantage of the
> smaller
> format, is that the Telyt suffers some curvature of field. Using
> only the
> "sweet spot" in the middle of the image makes the superb Telyt even
> better!
>
> Of course the FX series cameras have a problem with w/a lenses, but
> so does
> every other smaller sensor camera. Oly's 12~60mm zoom cured that,
> for me,
> as I rarely shoot w/a. Not sure which way to go, in Nikon glass.
>
> One of the things which sold me on the Oly. was the in-body image
> stabilization. I meant my 40+ yr old Telyt 6.8 gained IS!!! Not
> so, on any
> of the Nikon bodies; which means purchasing new, VR lenses. (Ugh!)
>
> I suppose the D7000 would also be in the running. At 16.2 MPs, it
> has room
> to crop... but, I fear, more noise than in the D300.
>
> You'll note I did not give any weight to weather-proofing. It's
> nice, to be
> sure. And the Oly has some of the best. But, in my youth, living in
> the
> Yukon, I used my Nikon F in the snow, at -40 and colder. I've shot
> all my
> Leica R's in the snow, at -20 and -30C without a problem, even if
> Leica
> won't guarantee they work below 0C. Personally, I try to avoid
> shooting in
> the rain (I'd dissolve!), but when I do, I put a bread bag over the
> camera
> and away I go. Never had a problem in
> 50+ years.
>
> Over the years, dropping gear has cost me thousands in repairs; but
> none of
> the brands have drop-proofing built in! :-(
>
> I hope this analysis helps. My reasons need not be your reasons, for
> we all
> have different requirements of our gear. If we didn't, we'd all be
> happy
> with just one camera brand & model.
>
> YMMV. LSMFT, etc, etc.
>
> David.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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