Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And there's a reason that in the gallery Doug has his prints in none of his prints are going to be up against a G10; with its 9.5 mm diagonal which means that's the normal lens. And that reason is you'd have to be a towering idiot to use a camera with a format that small for serious land scapes or nature photography. The prints next to it of larger formats will blow it away. Make it look like ridicules amateur hour. And I don't care what Michael Reichmann says. His job would-be be apparently to level the landscape so he's got more to test and articles to write not offending any particular manufacture. -------------------- Mark William Rabiner Photography mark at rabinergroup.com > From: Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 05:07:32 -0700 (GMT-07:00) > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Format output obviousness > > Richard Man wrote: > >> 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. >> > (snip) >> >> 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. > > A 13" x 19" print doesn't come anywhere near testing the medium-format > back's > capabilities. Add some cropping, less-than-optimal field conditions, and > bigger prints, and you'll see more differences in the prints. Besides, how > many lenses are available for the G10? > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information