farnz Posted August 14, 2012 Share #201 Posted August 14, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) The longer you wait, the less DMR will be around - and prices will go up Only so long as demand remains, Wolfgang. Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted August 14, 2012 Posted August 14, 2012 Hi farnz, Take a look here The R solution - more details. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
bill Posted August 14, 2012 Share #202 Posted August 14, 2012 Have to say, I have a D700 and 3 Leitax'd R lenses and I have never been happier using an SLR with Leica glass... Regards, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildlightphoto Posted August 14, 2012 Share #203 Posted August 14, 2012 Perhaps so, but I note that DMR prices still appear to be holding firm on the used market so plenty of people must be hanging onto theirs for now.. Mine are not for sale I find the reliability of R8/9 is getting worse My two R8 bodies have been very reliable. No repairs, no service needed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted August 14, 2012 Share #204 Posted August 14, 2012 Cross your fingers. If they work they are wonderful cameras. But is something breaks, they are so overengineered that economically feasible repairs are few. With the current prices is is usually better to buy a new one. I went through four in the last year and a half. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted August 14, 2012 Share #205 Posted August 14, 2012 ... With the current prices is is usually better to buy a new one. I went through four in the last year and a half. Jaap, How many running repairs have you needed in the last few years as a result car accidents and falling down hills if I recall correctly? Are you 'more reliable' than your R8's? Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_dykstra Posted August 14, 2012 Share #206 Posted August 14, 2012 Have to say, I have a D700 and 3 Leitax'd R lenses and I have never been happier using an SLR with Leica glass... Regards, Bill Hi Bill. You'd still be doing manual stop down with the Leitax/Nikon combo, wouldn't you? Re the DMR, I'm still very impressed with the image quality. I don't miss high ISOs. I pretty well always shoot at 100, like I did with film. :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted August 14, 2012 Share #207 Posted August 14, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Jaap, How many running repairs have you needed in the last few years as a result car accidents and falling down hills if I recall correctly? Are you 'more reliable' than your R8's? Pete. More R8s than car crashes and falling down hills . And more repairable too - even my rather battered old body healed without costing anything -on guaranty as it were. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_dykstra Posted August 15, 2012 Share #208 Posted August 15, 2012 I had a look online at the Red cameras. They have an M lens mount as part of the system (though only good for 50mm or longer apparently - the protruding elements of shorter lenses get in the way) and there is also a Canon mount. R lenses could be fitted to that. Voila - R solution. Bit expensive though. And the pixel arrangement is not ideal for 2 x 3 imaging. Using R lenses for videography with a Canon or Nikon body could be lots of fun. And I'd have Harry Potter style pictures instead of old fashioned stills. Hmm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
georg Posted August 15, 2012 Share #209 Posted August 15, 2012 A hot-running (sounds like a hair-dryer) 3kg-camera with 15x30mm-sensor, 13MP and compressed output for photography? Not an ideal choice, IMHO. "I'd have Harry Potter style pictures instead" Then you should get an ARRICAM (like used in most HP-films) instead, but even bigger and more expensive^^ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_dykstra Posted August 16, 2012 Share #210 Posted August 16, 2012 Yeah I have to say I was a bit surprised to see the prices for those Red camera bodies, with 'only' 14 MP. Wassup with those? Yet the Red site shows examples of high end magazine cover shots and movies shot with Red. Must have something good going for it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted August 16, 2012 Share #211 Posted August 16, 2012 Hi Bill. You'd still be doing manual stop down with the Leitax/Nikon combo, wouldn't you? Hi Rick, Yes I do. But then I am a wide-open buff myself, so rarely stop down anyway. The higher shutter speed on the D700 takes care of 90% of my shooting. Regards, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitalfx Posted August 16, 2012 Share #212 Posted August 16, 2012 Yeah I have to say I was a bit surprised to see the prices for those Red camera bodies, with 'only' 14 MP. Wassup with those? Yet the Red site shows examples of high end magazine cover shots and movies shot with Red. Must have something good going for it. Well, its primarily a motion camera. It shoots up to 300fps at that resolution. Ive been using my R's on it for awhile. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/142032-the-r-solution-more-details/?do=findComment&comment=2088037'>More sharing options...
georg Posted August 17, 2012 Share #213 Posted August 17, 2012 Isn't the RED running at max. 96fps without windowing (full resolution @ 5120x2700) although with higer compression ratio (1:12 - still ~5GBit/s) ? These cinematography-cameras have to deal with very high internal data rates, the sensor read-out and processing have to handle that. Photography-cameras with video-function only read out parts of the sensor (line-skipping) to generate sufficient frame rates for video and therefore cannot be compared in quality to true digital cinematography-solutions. Right now, cinematography and photography are still separate worlds, also technically. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevelap Posted August 17, 2012 Share #214 Posted August 17, 2012 ...........Right now, cinematography and photography are still separate worlds, also technically. In the main I tend to agree with you, RED's Epic & Scarlet are certainly not ideal cameras for everyday walk around photography...........Nevertheless I was very tempted to get one a while back, having tried an Epic at RED Pinewood. Eventually common sense prevailed though, since I have no real need for that level of motion capability so the size, weight and complexity would have been overkill for me. They are used by professionals for high end jobs though, particularly where convergence is required, i.e. stills and motion from the same shoot. 'Normal' VDSLR's are also used that way of course. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitalfx Posted August 17, 2012 Share #215 Posted August 17, 2012 Isn't the RED running at max. 96fps without windowing (full resolution @ 5120x2700) although with higer compression ratio (1:12 - still ~5GBit/s) ? that is correct, my point was thats its a motion camera first. Ive never used it for stills only. But when shooting commercials, its common to extract stills of the scene for print ads, and having the luxury of doing this is nice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_dykstra Posted August 17, 2012 Share #216 Posted August 17, 2012 Well, its primarily a motion camera. It shoots up to 300fps at that resolution. Ive been using my R's on it for awhile. You've got a few of my lenses there. :-) Nice setup. So you're using the Canon mount and a Leica to Canon adapter? Which L to C do you prefer? Thanks. Rick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitalfx Posted August 18, 2012 Share #217 Posted August 18, 2012 You've got a few of my lenses there. :-) Nice setup. So you're using the Canon mount and a Leica to Canon adapter? Which L to C do you prefer? Thanks. Rick. I have the Leitax adapters on the R lenses and the Red Canon Mount on the Epic. The Leitax mount screws onto the camera directly on top of the R Mount. It looks like a factory mount. Ive kept all the original screws separated for each lens in the hopes Leica revives the R with a new body Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gautier Posted August 23, 2012 Share #218 Posted August 23, 2012 Hello all. After having a play with my R equipment last weekend I'm wondering if we have any reports on R lenses being used with either the EOS 5D Mk III or the Nikon D800. Thank you. Rick. I use a R9/DMR but I performed some tests with a Canon 5D Mk III to prepare the future (my DMR won't be eternal). You can see few images here (text in French). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmradman Posted September 1, 2012 Share #219 Posted September 1, 2012 I have been Leitaxing and according to mood reversing back to R mount for the last three years but finally plucked courage and got hold of a metal file to adopt R 35mm f1.4 to fit full frame Nikon. Here is the result, shot on M9/50mm f1.4 but should have used M 35mm f1.4 instead Summilux R 35mm on D700 via Leitax by mmradman, on Flickr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobey bilek Posted September 1, 2012 Share #220 Posted September 1, 2012 No you don`t get a ccd and freedom from AA filter, but the results are still very nice and better than having the lens take up space in a drawer. Now that the D800E is here, Leica should make killer photos on it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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