Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jan 13, 2010, at 8:13 AM, wildlightphoto at earthlink.net wrote: > George Lottermoser wrote: > >>>> > These days I find it extraordinarily difficult to differentiate > between fact and opinion as almost everyone > begins their statement with, > "The truth is ?" > or > "The fact is ?" > and proceed to express what sure sounds like a belief or an opinion > to me. > <<< > > And the internet is riddled with these 'facts' and 'truths'. > > Here's what I've found: > > 1) Alamy's technical Quality Control (QC) has accepted every one of the > wildlife photos I've uploaded, despite being made with a camera that has a > sensor smaller than the M8's sensor and lenses that have no Vibration > Reduction (VR) or Image Stabilization (IS). > > This observation does not make a crop sensor "too small" or "perfectly > good", nor does this observation make VR or IS either "over-rated" or > "essential". What it means is that in the specific circumstances I was > working in, the smaller sensor and lack of electromechanical camera > vibration control do not prevent my photos from passing Alamy's QC. > > 2) The gallery owners I've shown prints to like the photos made with this > same cropped-sensor camera lacking VR and IS. They don't say "the sensor > was too small", they say "the detail and color in these prints is amazing". > They invariably ask what camera I'm using and a big grin comes over their > faces when I tell them. > > This observation does not mean other cameras cannot provoke the same > reaction. What it means is that the cropped sensor and lack of IS or VR > technology does not prevent prints of this quality. so it comes down to the picture...not the equipment specs... let's thank God for small things... Steve > YMMV. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information