Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/12/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I got this on my news feed just now 52 best pix of the year from around the world and was impressed on the state of the craft as seen by these guys. A slew of really impressive shots. A pretty good selection. I'm glad I clicked on it. http://www.thebaynet.com/news/the-52-best-photographs-from-around-the-world- in-2014.html Or http://tinyurl.com/pkoyow8 TheBayNet.com | Southern Maryland's Number 1 News Source What's in southern Maryland? I just checked ....Washington DC for one! If one wanted to ascertain the state of bokeh in lens design based on these you'd have a hard time as only a small handful of them like six have any out of focus areas in them at all. The vast bulk of them are sharp as a tack from infinity to the camera. Reason? There's one reason for it as far as I see it. Instead of shooting at 400 or 1600 iso we are not shooting at 64,000 or higher. 3 or 4 stops faster than the film era. The level of detail in these shots would be a shame to exclude from the image. There was no reason to open up your f stops to "isolate" an subject area. Noise is non existent in any shots I can recall here and sharpness is super high. If thin sharp areas were ever in fashion and I suspect it never was its certainly not now. Even in not brightly lit shots we can now it seems easily get it all with no flash. We need to get it all. And then some. My conclusion is its an exciting time to be involved with this whole photography thing. I don't see the down slides. I don't see the lose lose. I don't see the poignant reverences for the sweet days of film. And I sure don't see the tele tale brittle soulless "digital look". Hand me my SanDisk card I'm ready to roll! -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/