Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/12

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Beach panorama
From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 15:52:00 -0700
References: <008a01c330f5$9187c220$0316fea9@ccasony01> <3EE8FD7F.5E49040B@bigpond.net.au>

Rob

I love it!  All it needs is a catch light in the eyes.

Jerry

Rob Heyman wrote:

> Hi B.D.
>
> I have just posted the original file to show you the crop. I am fairly sure
> I could not get this result with film. Especially on a 30 x 40"!
>
> http://www.leica-gallery.net/heymanphoto/image-47039.html
>
> I must say that after hefting
> the digital for a while, it was a pleasure to get back to the Leica with
> its lovely big viewfinder. I also like the positive feel of manual
> everything, instead of the camera doing whatever it wanted to do. (Yes,
> I know I could switch to manual)
>
> The thing is that I get a totally different
> look from each, so I don't see any reason to discount either of them. I
> like the digital for different reasons.
>
> When I changed the levels on this to give me a full black it seemed to lose
> that softness that is vaguely reminiscent of the old portraits from the
> 1800s.
>
> Rob
>
> bdcolen wrote:
>
> > Damn! That's 1600 iso digital? How much of a crop/blow up is that, Rob?
> > If it really is a major crop, that's pretty amazing. It's also a great
> > conversion.
> >
> > B. D.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Rob Heyman
> > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 10:50 AM
> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > Subject: [Leica] Beach panorama
> >
> > I have just posted two new portraits to the Leica-gallery site. These
> > were part of a recent portrait session where I used a borrowed Canon 10D
> > to shoot with. The Leica shots were fine, but the chance to play with
> > something new led me to try a few shots that I normally would not
> > attempt.
> >
> > The sepia shot is an extreme crop at 1600 ISO and I love the digital
> > grain or noise that is on the original print. Would love to hear
> > comments and opinions of these, especially re the grainy look.
> >
> > http://www.leica-gallery.net/heymanphoto/folder-4878.html
> >
> > Rob
> >
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In reply to: Message from "bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> (RE: [Leica] Beach panorama)
Message from Rob Heyman <rheyman@bigpond.net.au> (Re: [Leica] Beach panorama)