Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/20

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Subject: [Leica] Picture of the Year Controversy
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan)
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:51:28 +0200
References: <200904201058.BPA26179@rg5.comporium.net> <a3f189160904200710k2a8541cfl760ee5b0daaff21f@mail.gmail.com> <200904201423.BNN85754@rg4.comporium.net>

I just read the Danish article, which makes clear that while he uses  
an M8, the pictures from Haiti that were the object of the  
controversy were made with a Nikon D700.

Nathan

On 20/04/2009, at 16:23, Tina Manley wrote:

> At 10:10 AM 4/20/2009, you wrote:
>> Well  That's pretty stupid of the Judges.  I copied both his raw  
>> pictures in
>> Photoshop, pulled the levels slider to the edge of the black, and  
>> had nearly
>> the same images he ended up with.  If I were doing it  from raw, I  
>> could
>> probably match his final shots with nothing more than levels and  
>> shadows
>> highlight. Try it yourself.   Also, the story said he was using a  
>> D700, the
>> same kind of Leica Kyle uses.
> \
> He talks about the RAW files from his Leica M8 being totally  
> different from those from his Nikon.  I'd agree based on Leica M8's  
> and Canons.  There is no comparison.  I think the judges over- 
> reacted, too.  One said he changed a chair to yellow and a wall to  
> blue when they are clearly those colors in the RAW, just washed out  
> - as RAW files sometimes are.
>
> Tina
>
> Tina Manley
> www.tinamanley.com
>
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