Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric Welch wrote: > > >This added to discussions > >related to the fact that you considered that the web publication of low > >res JPEG files was a proper way to show off the imaging specificities of > >Leica lenses (the 'Cool Leica Pictures" thread of a few months ago). > > I made no such claim. I call them cool Leica pictures because they were > taken with Leicas. You make a lot of assumptions based on what you think I > mean, based on some prejudice you have. Get off your high horse. "I dare you to use a point and shoot and come even close to most of the pictures on my web site." (Eric Welch 07/04/98); "There is no way the tonal modulation of my stained glass pictures would come through with a Stylus Epic and ISO 800 film. Maybe you need to calibrate your monitor, but there is no digital camera, except maybe the Leica S1, Leaf (or one of the other high end ones that cost $30,000)that could match the tones in those pictures, even on the web. I know, I use a $14,000 (now $10,000) digital camera at work, and I know what its pictures look like...<snip>... And if you can't see the difference on the web, well, I won't argue that you can or can't. But I surely can." (Eric Welch 08/04/98) Just for the sake of it: the context was a thread discussing the idea that it may be possible or not possible to do justice to leica glass through Web publishing. I clearly understood your position as being the one summarized in the post you are answering to. I propose that we go on with this privately, if it has to go on... Alan Alan