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Subject: [Leica] "Look Large"
From: kanner at acm.org (Herbert Kanner)
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 12:53:43 -0700
References: <CF9AE93C-5107-431C-A49F-3E0156CF87FF@acm.org> <5E2947A63CBE4F2ABF17EE5C963183E2@jimnichols>

Thanks, Jim

I tried that control in LR and it works fine. I don't need to show off the 
definition of Leica lenses--we all know about that!

Herbert Kanner
kanner at acm.org
650-326-8204

Question authority and the authorities will question you.




On Jul 15, 2013, at 1:06 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:

> Herb,
> 
> It all depends on what you wish the viewer to see.  If you upload the 
> originally-sized file, it requires major scrolling, and is only useful to 
> show off the definition that your camera can produce.  If you just want to 
> show a full-screen image, then reduce the horizontal side of the file to 
> 1200 or 1400 pixels, or the vertical size to 800 or 1000 pixels.  Don't be 
> concerned with the size of the file itself, but work with the dimensions 
> in pixels when resizing.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herbert Kanner" <kanner at acm.org>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 1:54 AM
> Subject: [Leica] "Look Large"
> 
> 
>> I'd like an explanation of the behavior of "look large" on the LUG 
>> gallery. Many of the posted shots just nicely fit onto most of my screen 
>> when I invoke it. But my pictures from the M9 are very much larger than 
>> my screen when I look large, requiring major scrolling. This defeats the 
>> purpose. I thought that this might be because my .jpgs were close to 2 
>> MB. Today, as an experiment, I posted the same picture at 406 KB, 1 MB, 
>> and 9.7 MB. Look large expanded all three by what appeared to be the same 
>> ratio. What's going on?
>> 
>> Herbert Kanner
>> kanner at acm.org
>> 650-326-8204
>> 
>> Question authority and the authorities will question you.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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