Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/06/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:56 AM 6/20/96 EDT, you wrote: > > To my knowledge, there is one thing and one thing only that is >responsible for shadow detail and that is exposure. In no way does a lens' >inherent contrast "increase shadow detail". > I know we often think of Leica glass in terms as nothing short of >"magic" but let's be careful here. Actually, lens performance can indeed give a negative better shadow detail. And for many reasons. One would be flare, which increases the the base exposure and means the threshold for minimum exposure (Zone III) is met and it takes less exposure from imaging light to give adequate image detail. Not something to crow about in a lens. The other thing is the lens has more contrast, and thus the local contrast in the shadows looks better, thus the appearance of better detail. And this is the case in some Leica lenses. ========================== Eric Welch Grants Pass Daily Courier