[Leica] High Res M9 Portrait (how sharp is sharp enough?)

[Robert Adler]

Yeah, sure...
;-)

On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
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> Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. But I loved this pic on FB and I love it
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> Cheers,
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> On 22 Oct 2014, at 23:00, kyle cassidy on the LUG <leicaslacker at gmail.com>
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> > In reading lens reviews I’ll often see something like “this portrait
> lens really starts to shine at f5.6” and I think “f5.6? who in their right
> mind would ever stop down to f5.6 with a portrait lens? Open it up all the
> way and solder down the aperture ring." But then occasionally I think “eek,
> my DOF is a little narrow there” and I resign myself to the possibility
> that, occasionally, f4 is warranted if you want to get both the lion and
> the gazelle in focus.
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> > Not that I’ll likely ever do it, but I’ll accept it may be true.
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> > Here’s a high res portrait that may or may not be sharp enough.
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> > http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2014/stars-flower-high-res.jpg
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Bob Adler