[Leica] Intro & question: part 2

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

I'm assuming you mean the screen hood that they produce, rather than 
the CF cards or whatever.

This isn't something that shielding can help; it's in the image 
itself. It's terrible.



At 6:08 PM -0700 6/1/09, Bob Adler wrote:
>Henning,
>Have you tried using a Hoodman?
>Bob
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>  Bob Adler
>Palo Alto, CA
>http://www.raflexions.com
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>From: Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com>
>To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>Sent: Monday, June 1, 2009 6:05:48 PM
>Subject: Re: [Leica] Intro & question: part 2
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>For a number of years now my SLR needs have been met by Canons. At
>present I use among others a 40D. What annoys me most about it is
>that the screen at the back really doesn't help me much with how
>sharp the photo is that I just took or am taking. It always displays
>quite mushy. Yet when I take a technically decent shot, bring it into
>the computer and look at it, it's OK. It's that damned screen image!
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>I was very disappointed at first when I switched over from the 20D to
>the 40D, as the 20D with it's small screen actually gave a much more
>accurate impression of the shot, especially when magnified. The
>strange thing is that the 5D, and now the 5D MkII, show quite sharp
>images on playback. It just seems to be the 40D. Whenever the 60D??
>comes out I'll have a look and if the screen on playback shows the
>scene better, I'll get it immediately.
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>BTW, increasing the sharpness in the menus doesn't do a thing when
>shooting RAW. I don't know and don't care about jpeg shots.
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>At 1:11 PM -0700 6/1/09, William D. Tallman wrote:
>>Thanks to all that responded to the original post.
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>>Live View on a Canon 40D avoids all mirrors and prisms, as what one sees
>>is what the sensor sees.  Manual focus at maximum magnification is
>>probably somewhere close to what once would see on the monitor at full
>>size.  I'm saying that because I've shot this particular scene a number
>>of times, as it has a varying gradient of detail, etc, etc.
>>
>>With regard the AA filter:  After reading the site (Hot Rod filters...),
>>and recalling various clean room protocols that I don't have, doing that
>>procedure myself on a non-dedicated camera seemed foolish.  And I don't
>>know that the AA filter is the cause of my complaint.
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>>Typically, that degree of sharpness requires larger format == less
>>magnification, and yes, the print is the performance for which applause
>>is given.  I'm going to take delivery of an Epson 3800, which means that
>>large prints will be inevitable (does one regard a 16x20 print as large
>>now?); I want to know what I can expect.  Mostly, I want to know what I
>>need to watch for (when we know better, we can do better...) in my
>>taking techniques.
>>
>>Thanks for reading.
>>
>>Bill Tallman
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