Rail comparisons.

[hamey]

I went up to the Hunter valley with some friends to photography BIG coal trains.
We used both mediums, I used Leica R8/9 with the 28-90mm and Kodak 100G slide film
and scanned with the Minolta 5400-2.
Two others used Canon Digital.
For some comparisons between Leica film and Canon 40D.
Shots one and two, are taken with the 28-90mm.
Three and four are taken with the Canon 40D, lens not sure but a Canon L lens.
The speed at this location was around 70 kmh.

Cheers.

[hamey]

Couple more.

First one, R9 and the 28-90mm, K100G slide Film.
Second taken with a Canon 40D.
Speed about 80 kmh.
The R9 was set to manual focus, Canon was on Auto everything.
Compered to the slide, the scan is not to bad.


Cheers.

[kenf]

Interesting comparisons! The R results are quite nice.

I'd very much like to railfan your country some day... Rail photography is most of what I shoot - my site is in my profile.

[hamey]

Hello Ken.

I am glad that you're also a rail fan, I have been shooting trains since 1968 and Leicas from 1973.
Compared to my other cameras that I have used over the years the Leicas especially the R are the best Cameras that I have used, the optics are just wonderful.
The M7 is super also.
Inclosed another shot taken with the R9 and the 28-90mm of four 82's (EMD's) with their Dynamic grids and fans howling, heading back to the Coal mines to fill up with 10,000 tons of Coal for China.