Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Simon, though it is a little bit tricky to estimate those effects when viewing jpgs (sharpening also accentuates the jpg artefacts) - the pictures are oustanding anyway. It took a little time to find the link, but the other pictures are impressive, too. I like the smooth change from crisp sharpness to unsharpness dissolving details into soft colour. Gerd > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Simon Lamb > Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 8:23 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] the 90% rule-long, rambling BS from Walt > > > Gerd > > I agree that labs do sometimes sharpen wihtout being asked. Here is a > picture I scanned fro the neg: > > http://www.sclamb.com/contaxn1/MakroSonnar/lillie.jpg > > Here is the eye details: > > Unsharpened: > http://www.sclamb.com/contaxn1/MakroSonnar/Unsharpened%20Eye.jpg > > Sharpened a little: > http://www.sclamb.com/contaxn1/MakroSonnar/Sharpened%20Eye.jpg > > As someone said, one look at an image and you know you have a good lens. > Not exactly on topic for Leica, but I am sure the 100mm Leica macro is > excellent and that it's excellence is immediately obvious. > > Simon > > Gerd Heuser wrote: > > > Nowadays it is sometimes a little bit confusing. Since modern minilabs > like > > the Fuji Frontier use digital techniques and sharpen the images before > > printing the differences disappear to a certain extent. It happens quite > > often now that an owner of a cheap compact camera says: "Why use a Leica > > when the results are comparable?" And the Fuji prints up to 8 x 11.5 (as > to > > my knowledge) > > > > Gerd > > > > > > > > > > > I just discovered the same thing this week with the new Zeiss 100mm > f/2.8 > > > Makro Sonnar. One look at the prints and you know you have a > > > special lens. > > > > > > Simon > > > > > > Robert Browne wrote: > > > > > > > > There are times when the lens quality is so obvious that the viewer > will > > > notice a difference. The first time this happened to me is when I > > > started to > > > use the R system and I used a 100mm f4 macro and APX 25 to shoot black > and > > > white portraits for a client. When I picked up the finished > prints from > my > > > printer his first comment to me was to ask what lens I was using. He > said > > > they were the sharpest prints he had ever seen from 35mm. In > > > lenses the law > > > of diminishing returns sets in pretty quickly, but sometimes the > > > difference > > > is worth it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html