Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tom: An image appears sharper when the difference between two adjacent tones is greater. Look at eyelashes. When a lens renders them as black, all of them, they make an eye look crisp. A Leica lens will more likely render those as a range of dark tones, but not all black. As first glance the eye looks less sharp, because there is no hard edge to define the eye. In fact, if you look closely, you can count more eyelashes. With a Leica you can see every one, which for my taste creates an image that is much more like our own vision. You can see this effect easily in a B&W photograph, but it's also at work on color film. Perhaps someone else can help me explain this better. Tom at 07:23 PM 1/22/98 EST, you wrote: >>I use Leica lens for these reasons. >..... >2. Detailed images. Often the micro details visible in a Leica image make an >image look less sharp. But the details are what allow those great >enlargements. > > >Would you please explain how this differs from sharpness? > >Tom Shea > >