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Subject: [Leica] OT: EOS 70-200L sharpness
From: richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)
Date: Mon May 5 16:26:36 2008
References: <380-2200851523426748@M2W008.mail2web.com>

At 04:04 PM 5/5/2008, wildlightphoto@earthlink.net wrote:
>Qiao Li <qiao_li@mentor.com> wrote:
>
> > Just noticed some white dots on the eye-lashes of the owl -- one
> > on top, two on the lower left. Were they from film grain or scanning?
>
>Weather.  It was a cold & blustery day with occasional sprinkles, these
>were drops of water.

Now THAT's pixel peeping! :-)

BTW, Doug, I think the difference is: other lens may be sharp and are 
plenty good enough, but some lens are so sharp that it makes a cutout 
on the film and the sensors. Leica lens are generally in that category.

> > >> 80-200mm Vario-Elmar @ 180mm & full aperture on Provia 400F:
> > >> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/eeow02.jpg
> > >> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/eeow02crop.jpg

// richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, 
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