Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You tell that to Michael Reichmann: "At one point I found myself looking at raw files on-screen and not being sure if I was looking at Hasselblad P45+ files or Canon G10 files. That includes at 100% onscreen enlargements." and Over a two day period I invited photographers and local industry professionals to come to my print studio and look at a series of 13X19" prints from an *Epson 3800* printer made on *Ilford Gold Fiber Silk* paper which were then hung side by side on my floor-standing print viewing box. This collection of seven people included experienced photographers, people from the commercial print industry, and other trade professionals. Between them there was at least 200 years of photographic industry shooting and printing experience. In most cases I did not tell them what they were looking at, simply saying that I had been shooting with two cameras, and that they should divide the prints (about a dozen) into two piles ? Camera A and Camera B. They were asked to judge resolution, accutance, colour reproduction, highlight detail, dMax, and any other factors that they wished to consider. The Results In every case no one could reliably tell the difference between 13X19" prints shot with the $40,000 Hasselblad and Phase One 39 Megapixel back, and the new $500 Canon G10. In the end no one got more than 60% right, and overall the split was about 50 / 50, with no clear differentiator. In other words, no better than chance. http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/kidding.shtml On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 12:28 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>wrote: > Every portfolio I've ever had or stack of prints; and every stack of prints > other photographers have shown me I've always known which ones of my prints > were 35mm, Medium format, or sheet film and I didn't have to bother telling > them and they didn't have to bother telling me; as we all knew at first > glance. > I can normally easily tell the difference between a full frame digital > image > even at low output and cropped format digital output and I think many > people > can with any experience. And certainly the difference between that and > point > and shoots with sensors the size of my pinky nail. And the 2x crop in > between. And medium format digital blows me right out of the water at least > my eyeballs. > If you can't tell the difference between your large and smaller format > digital output the time to hang it up is now. > Take up audio. > > -------------------- > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > mark at rabinergroup.com > . > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]