Re: [Leica] Digital Leica?

[Roy Zartarian <rzartarian@snet.net>]

That particular characteristic of the digital camera struck home last 
summer when I was looking through the online portfolio of photos of a 
wedding I had attended.  The pictures - especially the outdoor formals 
- -  just didn't look right with the background shrubbery in focus.

One labor-intensive way to deal with this is the selective application 
of Gaussian blur.  My attempt at at better bokeh through the blur is at:
http://www.royzart.com/blur.html
The picture, done with a Lumix,  comes from the reception of the third 
wedding I've attended this year.  I understand that it has now become a 
custom for a bride to dance with her mother.

Roy


On Wednesday, November 19, 2003, at 06:52  PM, Ted Grant wrote:

>> At 02:04 PM 11/19/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>>>> Looks like what I want, but I still want head-up info - and PLEASE 
>>>> can
>>>> we have a minimum stop smaller than f11.<<<<
>>>
>>> Peter,
>>> Why?
>>> ted
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> Tina Manley responded:
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Digital Leica?
>> Right!  Incredible depth of field is considered a problem for people 
>> who
>> like bokeh ;-)   One of the drawbacks of digital is that everything 
>> is in
>> focus!<<<
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> Hi Tina,
> Some of the digi stuff I've been playing with has such a deep depth of 
> field
> it's a pain in the butt because you can't get anything out of focus 
> even
> when wide open. Nor can you get the same kind of film separation of 
> subject
> from back ground. So I don't understand why Peter would want a smaller
> aperture and what it would be required for.
>
> You sure can't get that at f 1.0 Noctilux look! ;-)
>
> ted
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