[LRFlex] Re: Leica DMR
- From: Bob Palmieri <rpalmier@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 14:09:51 -0500
David -
I think you've really nailed it here. 35mm film cameras are, to say
the least, a mature technology. For me, it really ain't gonna get no
better (SLR-wise) than the SL. Plus, they're affordable.
The DSLR thing is gonna keep progressing; I really felt the need to
wait until the "good enough" camera came along at the "low enough"
price point before jumping in. And I'll likely get about 20% of what I
paid for it when I move up.
By the way, I love your quick feature summary of the 22D.
Bob Palmieri
On Jun 6, 2005, at 1:24 PM, David Young wrote:
Hi Doug!
You are, of course, absolutely correct, that Leica is a premium
performance brand.
However, despite the joys of using a superbly crafted camera body, the
"essence" of photographic quality is in the glass. Lower cost film
cameras do not sport glass of the quality needed for first class
photography. That's why we shoot wiht Leitz/Leica lenses.
With my 20D, I bought the 17~85mm f4~5.6 IS-zoom, because it
complemented the 80~200/f4 Vario Elmar that I have. While the Canon
zoom is reasonably good and quite sharp, it certainly does not have
the 'snap', or contrast of the Vario Elmar. The differences are quite
noticeable. Moreover, the Canon Zoom flares like crazy at every
chance it gets. (Example at: http://www.horizon.bc.ca/~dnr/flare.htm)
Certainly, it is a great snapshot lens, but that's about it.
The debate of the DM-R over the 20D (or any other digital slr) is not
one of quality, but rather more like an individual's preference for
Fuji over Kodak film, or for Kodachrome over Ektachrome. How does the
sensor (film) respond to the light?
Advances in digital cameras are being made every year (sometimes more
often!) and these advances are often significant. Money spent on an
R9 can be amortized over 30, or more, years of picture taking. As
film improves, the camera will give better results. Money spent on a
digital body (of any brand) must be amortized in no more than 5 years,
for by then it will be so obsolete as to be a joke.
For the price of a DM-R today, I can buy a 20D (8.2 mpixels) now, the
22D (10 mpixels and true spot metering) in two years and the 25D (14
mpixels and 1/10,000 sec. shutter speed) in 2009.
By using the more reasonably priced Canon body, with a suitable
adapter, you can gain the image quality of Leica glass (Certainly
better than all but the best "L" series Canon lenses) with a very
decent body. It's now Leica, but it does the job.
This is no different than buying some good Leica lenses and using them
with an older, relatively innexpensive SL, rather than buying a brand
new R9. ;-)
Never let it be said that I endorsed Canon glass with a Canon digital
body of any sort, for top quality photos. But with Leica glass....
And, yes, you CAN see the difference!
Cheers!
David Young,
Logan Lake, BC
CANADA.
Personal Web-site at: http://www.horizon.bc.ca/~dnr
Leica Reflex Forum web-page: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm
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