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Subject: [Leica] [OM] IMG: The Old Way
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sun, 7 May 2017 15:02:01 -0500
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Thanks for the comments, Dennis.  If I need higher ISOs, or a cropped 
image, I go with the Fuji X-T2.  But, for closeups of flowers, etc, the 
older sensors are fine, and, especially with the E-1, the colors are 
hard to beat.  Mine is still an active player.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 5/7/2017 2:48 PM, Dennis Kushner wrote:
> I find the colors are better with my Oly  E-330 & Pentax K10D with a
> similar sensor.
> I use the 50/2 Macro on the Oly & mostly a 50/1.2 K lens on the K10D.
> The smaller MP's & lack of higher ISO's don't bother me at all as I only
> view on my
> 27" Mac. Other shots are with iPhone 6S for sending pix to my sister.
>
> On Sun, May 7, 2017 at 3:25 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for your comments, Nathan.  I really think it is a combination of
>> both.  And better light.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>> On 5/7/2017 2:19 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>>
>>> I think it is more the lens than the sensor that is responsible for the
>>> nice colors.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Nathan
>>>
>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>> Alicante, Spain
>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
>>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <
>>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <
>>> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
>>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <
>>> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
>>> YNWA
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> On 03 May 2017, at 17:42, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 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.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>>
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In reply to: Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMG: The Old Way)
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