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: That's a beaufiful shot. It shows the quality of the lens well but also shows the quality of the photographer -- you could have made that shot with any lens (well, not _any_). Best. Jay Coleman - -----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 11:23 AM 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