Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Increasing sharpness in the menu does translate into sharper photographs on the LCD screen, though if you are shooting RAW you can always reverse it in the conversion software. I always shoot RAW, and I always leave a modicum of sharpening on in the camera. The LCD screens on the current crop of SLR offerings are big and bright, and pretty good. Cheers Jayanand p.s. I have behaved myself and not mentioned any particular brand (-: !!! On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 6:35 AM, Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com> wrote: > 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! > > 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. > > 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. > > > > At 1:11 PM -0700 6/1/09, William D. Tallman wrote: >> >> Thanks to all that responded to the original post. >> >> 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. >> >> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- > > ? * ? ? ? ? ? ?Henning J. Wulff > ?/|\ ? ? ?Wulff Photography & Design > ?/###\ ? mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com > ?|[ ]| ? ? http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >