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Subject: [Leica] 50/1.1 Nokton
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 08:46:06 +0200
References: <C69FF1A0.52716%mark@rabinergroup.com>

My assessment that no sharpening is needed is based on looking at the  
image on the computer, BUT ZOOMED TO "ACTUAL PIXELS" in Photoshop or  
Lightroom, and also on the few A4 prints I have made, yes.

Nathan

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On Aug 6, 2009, at 8:34 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote:

>> I have now taken about 6500 pictures with my M8 since getting it in
>> December, and have not applied sharpening to any but the first 40-50
>> of them (that's how long it took me to realize that USM was not  
>> needed).
>>
>> Nathan
>>
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>
>
> That's nice but what's a "picture"?
> A capture you're viewing in Lightroom? An upload to a gallery?
> In that case sharpening or Leica glass or a camera with a sensor  
> bigger than
> a pinky fingernail is all unnecessary. As is more than 4 megapixels!
> If you're telling me your 8.5x11" prints or close to it needs not to  
> be
> sharpened than I'm all ears; as that's what I think of as "a picture".
>
>
> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
>
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