Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Andre Jean Quintal wrote: > > BUT, it seems to me more of the professional > photography we see uses reflectors more than > 10 years ago, sort of "enhanced available light". LOL! Lovely phrase! Sounds like "Photoshop meets Noctilux" ;) > I think they are trying to compress the contrast > ratios for better CYMK printing; Hexachrome > is still a rarity but so beautiful. I haven't heard of Hexachrome. What is it? > It may be that Leica is also following their > trajectory of being the optics leader > for optics sake: company ethos ! Good point. Judging by Leica's latest releases, this certainly seems to be the case. In any case, I shall be happy at the lower end of the feeding chain, currently gorging myself on equipment manufactured 35 years ago ;-) M. - -- Martin V. Howard, Application Systems Laboratory, | Dept. of Comp. & Info. Sci., Linkoping University, | Just DOHH it! SE-581 83 Linkoping, Sweden. Tel +46 13 282 421, +----------------+ Fax +46 13 142 231; marho@ida.liu.se; www.ida.liu.se/~marho