Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Nov 27, 2012, at 8:55 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: > Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > >> >> Jon, >> You can make out with JPGs? You have much better eyesight than I have! >> > > Richard Man wrote: > >> >> Jon, fairy dust sprinkled by the Leica wizards!!! >> > >> >> On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 7:40 PM, jon.streeter <jon.streeter at cox.net> >> wrote: >> >>> When I see Leica photos posted here, they seem to have a sharpness and, >>> sometimes, luminescence, beautiful bokeh, microcontrast perhaps, that >>> sets >>> them apart from other cameras with sensors rated higher by DXO. But it's >>> hardly a meaningful test since I've been a Leica fan since high school, >>> so >>> I'm biased. Furthermore, I know which photographs were done with Leica >>> glass. Still, they do seem better, and I'm curious about how that's >>> possible if Leica sensors are so low in DXO's ratings. Software? >>> Lenses? >>> Superb photographers? >>> >> > > Several years ago when I used (briefly) a Canon L lens several people > e-mailed after seeing the photos on my website and asked "What happened? > You've lost some color and detail." or, as they say in words that seem appropriate, " a swallow does not a summer make". Steve > There was nothing on the web pages indicating the equipment I had used. > Apparently such differences can be seen in web-sized jpgs. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information