Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/05/03

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: The Old Way
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2017 21:26:07 -0500
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I can't complain, because I gave you all of the evidence.  The lighting 
may account for a lot of the difference.  That had occurred to me.  But, 
the Kodak sensor colors are hard not to like!

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 5/3/2017 7:07 PM, Douglas Barry wrote:
> To be fair to the newer image, Jim, while taken at the same time of 
> year, the time of day was different - being four hours apart, so the 
> sun would have been in a different position, and thus the lighting 
> would be different too. But, that said, you're the gardener and 
> photographer, so you know the story best!
>
> Douglas
>
>
> On 03/05/2017 16:42, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> Sometimes all advances with cameras and lenses don't really make 
>> progress;  the old images just look better.  After posting an image 
>> of this bloom yesterday, I looked at one from a year earlier, and 
>> liked it better.  So, I took the old Oly E-1 and the older Leica 
>> Elmarit-R 60 Macro out this morning and shot the same bloom.  To me, 
>> the colors just blow me away!  It's a shame that the old Kodak CCD 
>> sensor couldn't keep up with the demands for higher ISO speeds.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170503-P5037074.JPG.html
>>
>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
>>
>
>
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