Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark Rabiner wrote: >>> The print makers themselves with their technique and choice of papers and inks would have 100 times more effect on what you end up seeing than the various lenses involved. The lenses involved when viewed like this becomes almost completely inconsequential. <<< Contrast and distortion and color balance, yes, to a certain degree, but I can't bring detail out of shadows that isn't there. I can't re-create image detail that the lens didn't supply to the recording medium. I can't re-create the image that I missed because the lens' ergonomic design was clumsy and kept me from making the picture in the first place. >>> Shoot the stuff yourself Process it yourself with the same sharpening And output it yourself and then look it at it. <<< Different hardware tools may require different software tools for optimum results. Same as films: I wouldn't compare an E6 film with a K14 film by developing them in the same chemistry. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web LIVE ? Free email based on Microsoft? Exchange technology - http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE