tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post688730985241398641..comments2024-03-27T11:02:08.037-05:00Comments on LEICA Barnack Berek Blog: THE LEICA T – A USER REPORTLEICA Barnack Berek Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09055435560407011075noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-28402025212926293832014-06-26T15:22:53.328-05:002014-06-26T15:22:53.328-05:00As far as I know, that is correct. They didn'...As far as I know, that is correct. They didn't hand polish the camera bodies though, they used to tumble the bodies in a drum with crushed walnut shells for several hours.LEICA Barnack Berek Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09055435560407011075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-64501336025001753722014-06-26T15:19:56.679-05:002014-06-26T15:19:56.679-05:00Didn't Hasselblad mill the 500 C series camera...Didn't Hasselblad mill the 500 C series cameras out of a solid block of aluminum also?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-6169626572307675302014-06-20T13:18:59.390-05:002014-06-20T13:18:59.390-05:00Germany has some very strict recycling and garbage...Germany has some very strict recycling and garbage disposal laws.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-16614339664776855622014-06-20T12:15:22.122-05:002014-06-20T12:15:22.122-05:00Not at all. The shavings are being recycled. Not at all. The shavings are being recycled. LEICA Barnack Berek Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09055435560407011075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-58283336399689064292014-06-20T12:09:48.143-05:002014-06-20T12:09:48.143-05:00Isn't it very wasteful to mill the camera body...Isn't it very wasteful to mill the camera body out of a solid chunk of aluminum? What do they do with all the milled out leftovers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-20566465081771736692014-06-19T14:44:13.021-05:002014-06-19T14:44:13.021-05:00I don't think so. Let's not forget that t...I don't think so. Let's not forget that the Leica T is a very compact camera with a compact line of lenses. Making a lens, any lens, faster will automatically mean an increase in size. Had Leica done that, they would now be criticized for making too large a lens for a compact system camera. This is a case of damned if you do and damned if you don't. LEICA Barnack Berek Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09055435560407011075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-7092893201753753872014-06-19T14:40:27.682-05:002014-06-19T14:40:27.682-05:00Shouldn't Leica have made the zoom for the Lei...Shouldn't Leica have made the zoom for the Leica T a bit faster to prevent these criticisms?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-91310919072433492552014-06-19T14:16:22.301-05:002014-06-19T14:16:22.301-05:00I am inclined to agree with you on the high ISO is...I am inclined to agree with you on the high ISO issue. In the film days, my favorite film was Agfapan APX 25 and Ilford XP-2 Super. I only shot the Ilford when I couldn't get along with the ISO 25 of the Agfapan. I used a similar approach with color films. However, I must say that in some situations it makes life a lot easier to be able to shoot at rather high ISO settings. But I do question super high ISO settings as they are offered by some companies. I just cannot fathom ever needing settings of 150 or 250 thousand. The again, I haven't needed to shoot black cats in a coal mine yet.LEICA Barnack Berek Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09055435560407011075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-1445840800670826972014-06-19T12:36:32.241-05:002014-06-19T12:36:32.241-05:00I don't care about the video performance, I do...I don't care about the video performance, I doubt that I would ever use it, and if so, I am sure the results would far exceed my needs. I can't argue with the ISO shortcoming. Although, if I think back to my film days, ISO above 3000 was extremely fast then and I got along without that high a speed virtually all of the time. I wonder if these high ISO values are not overestimated in their importance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-35926864462826969662014-06-19T12:25:06.762-05:002014-06-19T12:25:06.762-05:00Good report. It seems the only issues Mr. Bronks ...Good report. It seems the only issues Mr. Bronks has are the relatively low maximum ISO and the video performance. The Leica T appears to be a very good, very solid camera.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com