Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/03

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Subject: [Leica] Why sharpen?
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 17:50:13 -0500
References: <036901c9e3d8$fe810840$fb8318c0$@net> <03ea01c9e49b$72fd5a80$58f80f80$@net>

Frank,

If you don't won't to apply sharpening, then don't do it. Personally, 
because I can't justify an M8 or M8.2 for amateur photos, I do apply it 
carefully to get the most out of my digital images.

At my age (approaching 80), I don't feel I have the luxury of "time to learn 
everything there is to know".  If I can make my images look better by 
applying the tools available to me, then I use the ones I want.  I don't 
feel that I have to derive everything from "f = ma", or from fundamental 
calculus.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Filippone" <red735i at earthlink.net>
To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 5:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Why sharpen?


> Most of the answering has dried up, so let me summarize what I read......
>
> You sharpen because....
> You blew the focus the first time and this is a fix.  ( sounds like 
> someone
> needs more focusing practice or a re-calibration of his RF)
> The AA filter ( nonexistent in the M8) is the culprit.......even though
> there are users of the M8 that sharpen...
> Because the results look better...
> Because the tool is there and someone likes to use the tool.....
>
> Personally, it is still a mystery....
>
> Why sharpen all the images you capture digitally?
>
>
>
> Frank Filippone
> red735i at earthlink.net
>
>
>
>
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