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I had the 200VR Nikkor for a very brief period and you need to stop down to f/5.6 and further to get satisfactory color rendition and contrast, everything else is fine, nice bokeh and sharpness wide open. Have also used the Canon 200/1.8L ... nothing beats the Leica in terms of color rendition ...

I think the initial poster has no clue to what makes differences between a Leica from a Canon or a Nikon ... don't get me wrong, and I'm not going to defend Leica ... 'cause I own all three.<br><br>Somebody just doesn't see ... and we're purely wasting some time here. Let the thread die ...

The board desperately needs an "add to ignore list" function ... but hey, trash talks can be of great fun. LOL

""Testing films, developers and lenses is quite time consuming, especially if all paramters must be controlled."

 

That's probably one of the funniest statements from one who just doesn't have enough mileage with digital ... ROFL. <br><br> Imagine all the hassle testing different digital workflows and crappy pieces of softwares? plus, the fact everytime you change a digital camera, the image quality and drastically different characteristics driving you nuts?<br><br>Film actually saves a lot of trouble and useless effort messing up with digital ...

I guess Erwin Putts simply doesn't shoot enough digital ... ROFL

Adopting a CMOS sensor for a digital Leica would be a total disaster ... the flat dumb look of Canon files is the major reason why I got totally fed up after shooting digital for 6 straight years!

Mr. Nemoto from Cosina has conducted a thourough test between the MC and SC versions of the 40/1.4 with the R-D1 ... and I suspect a lot of folks can really tell any significant differences. I've posted the URL before but here you go ...

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<a href="http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/review/2004/12/03/466.html">http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/review/2004/12/03/466.html</a>

You should be aware of that ... Cosina has clearly stated on their corporate web site - once the first batch of 500 copies are sold out, they'll "investigate the possibility" of making more of them. Unless the sales is really bad, there's no chance the lens will be a rare item. :)

 

<a href="http://www.cosina.co.jp/seihin/voigt/v-lens/v-l-m/40-1.4/40sc.html">http://www.cosina.co.jp/seihin/voigt/v-lens/v-l-m/40-1.4/40sc.html</a>

Hi, Jan, there's a guy on Rob Galbraith's forum whose name is Arne Hvaring, he just modified a Elmarit 19 to fit his 1Ds2 ... you may want to talk to him.

Thanks a lot, Marc ... guess you've just made the decision for me, and now the review is COMPLETE! ROFL.

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Happy holidays!

Chasseur 'dImages has a rumour in their November issue that the digital M will use a Panasonic sensor with 1.2x or 1.25x sensor ... there will always be some compromise with digital, bitter or sweet ... if you aren't happy with that - stick to film - color me totally fed up with the flat waxy look of digital files and all the hassle with digital, I bought three film cameras in the last month, a M7, a MP and a F6, could be more happier. LOL

Thanks a lot for pointing those things out, Jeff ... those two things are also the major show stopper to me. As the 75 lux is my "norm" lens ... and I shoot over 90% chances wide open.

Thanks a lot for your reply, Marc ... I really like the colors in the first two and the last shots. Even though you've let them run through PS, one can still tell the mystical hint in the colors - which is great and where the Canons are left ... in dust. :)

Cool shots, Marc. Are these colors straight from the camera or have you tweaked it in Photoshop?

This camera was never a hot item even in Japan as some of you might have thought ... I almost asked my sister to bring one for me when she came back from Japan at the beginning of September, basically it could be found almost everywhere in Tokyo, and she easily found one camera store who was selling only for roughly 2300US - at that time. Glad that I changed my mind ... my curiousity to find out how my old lenses will look alike on the digicam was quickly satisfied - kudos to Mr. Fumio Nakamura, he tried all the glass you can imagine from the pre-war models to latest Leicas ... then I lost all my interest in this darned thing if I ever had any at all. ROFL

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Cheers!

Well, this is not done by me but I guess a lot of you will be

interested to see the results. <br>

Here's what I found on the Japanese web site DC watch ... lots of

original size pictures to download. :) <br>

<a href="http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/review/2004/12/03/466.html"

>All Comparison Photographs Here.</a>

I humbly disagree, Bob ... it's not only about the Leica moniker, but this darned thing has a fatal defect which is the 1.5x cropping factor, people love rangefinders NOT because they want to shoot telephotos. :)

So how did people take photographs in the last century without reviewing on the LCD? and how did these newspapers got published in the old days? ROFL

 

To be honest with you, the single biggest advantage of shooting digital is you can always "fool around" at a relatively lower cost. And the camera companies and dealers encourage people buying into the "concept" because that's the ONLY way they can make some money. ;)

I don't see anything that can't be done with a film camera - and can be done better ... why this thing is more expensive than a brandnew Leica is totally beyond me - just don't understand what the big fuss with digital is about. Film rules. :)

First one "Peaksview" is definitely a stunner ... very well done, Tom. :)

Price in Japan is about 2600US at this time ...

Hi, Bill,

 

To quote Ken Rockwell directly: "Since Fuji is saying it is only a limited run I would even venture a wild guess that it's a production run of Velvia 50 that went bad in an interesting way and they decided to sell it to see what happens.".

 

Here's the URL ...

 

http://www.kenrockwell.com/fuji/fortia.htm

The Zeiss Ikon will also have a black version.

 

<img src="http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/static/image/2004/09/30/zeiss102.jpg">

Ken Rockwell suspects it's a bad batch of Velvia that Fuji decided to throw out for fun. LOL I've read some comments on the Japanese BBS boards and most folks say that blue/purple really suck with this film. :)

That's a great one, Leslie ... LOL