[Leica] To Sell or Not to Sell now Canon/Nikon

[drodgers at casefarms.com (David Rodgers)]

Frank,

I agree. It's smart to use all the tools at your disposal. And if you can 
overcome the laws of physics with a little software engineering, then 
fantastic. 

OTOH, the purist in me says that when we lose sight of things like bokeh, or 
the look of a classic lens (which some might argue really doesn't even 
matter, although I'm quite sold on the fact that is does in certain 
instances) we take one step back for every one step we take forward. I'm all 
for the modern stuff, but I just don't want to overlook what got us here.   

Dave R

-----Original Message-----
From: Frank Dernie [mailto:Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 1:55 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] To Sell or Not to Sell now Canon/Nikon

This is interesting in itself. There are loads of compromises in lens  
design to get acceptable results, some lend themselves to correction  
in software, some do not. If, for example, one can have a "designed  
for digital" lens which is sharper, with better flatness of field and  
no focus shift with aperture but considerable geometric distortion,  
the end result will be better than could be obtained from a lens with  
low distortion but the other non-software correctable compromises.
IIRC this was part of the 4/3 sensor standard.
It sounds like intelligent engineering to me.
Frank

On 1 Jul, 2009, at 14:43, David Rodgers wrote:

> If you can't make a great lens, just fix the result with software.  
> It's the 21st Century way.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Rabiner [mailto:mark at rabinergroup.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 11:59 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] To Sell or Not to Sell now Canon/Nikon
>
> My first hit when I did that was John Paul Caponigro:
> http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetArticleAct&articleID=1486
>
> " Chromatic aberration is easily corrected with most RAW file  
> converters,
> such as Adobe?s Camera Raw and Adobe Lightroom. .)  Recent versions of
> Canon?s dedicated RAW image processing software, Digital Photo  
> Professional
> (version 3.2 or higher), have a new tool tab with special commands  
> that will
> automatically remove chromatic aberration from your images, as well as
> sliders for ultra-precise manual control of color fringing.
> "
>
> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
>
>> From: Tina Manley <images at comporium.net>
>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:41:31 -0400
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] To Sell or Not to Sell now Canon/Nikon
>>
>> At 10:03 PM 6/30/2009, you wrote:
>>> So why are we not hearing about this from everybody shooting with it
>>> Full frame Canons with canon wide angles on it.
>>> And how can it be the dominate camera as of late with these huge  
>>> problems?
>>>
>>>
>>> Mark William Rabiner
>>
>> Google it, Mark.  Chromatic Aberrations Canon - you get 514,000
>> hits.  There are lots and lots of complaints.  That's why a lot of
>> people have switched to Nikon.  Find any discussion on Canon lenses
>> and sooner or later you'll come across complaints about CA, fringing
>> and softness.  I know.  I looked for solutions for months before I
>> finally quit using Canons.
>>
>> Tina
>>
>> Tina Manley
>> www.tinamanley.com
>>
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