Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Like a number of people on the list I have Hasselblad and Leica. Leica can do lots of great stuff the Hasselblad can't (like being small, subtle, and quiet...OK the SWC does these well if you want wide, but a 500 series is about as subtle as a M1 Tank)... But sharper than a Hasselblad? Physics comes into play, and good big is going to give a sharper image than good small. I am happy with my Leicas, but I would never say that they are "sharper" than the Hassy's. They are both great cameras and have their places, but it's streching pretty far to say a Leica is sharper....not any of mine are, including lenses like the 90 APO which is pretty well known to be OK when it comes to sharp. If I am printing a 35mm shot with the 90 vs. a 6x6 shot with my 150mm it is obvious in the final product well before 16x20 which one is which. - --- Mark Rabiner <mark@markrabiner.com> wrote: > John Brownlow wrote: > > > > On 7/5/02 4:19 PM, "Mark Rabiner" > <mark@markrabiner.com> wrote: > > > > > I'm not sure a Hasselblad shot looks sharper at > 11x14 than a Leica shot. > > > > Possibly not, because the grain can make the > smaller neg look sharper. A lot > > of 4x5 newbs (like me) are surprised at the > apparent softeness of their big > > negs... Closer inspection shows they are indeed > sharp but they sure look > > different. > > -- > > John Brownlow > > > We get used to looking at the grain to ascertain how > "sharp" the image > is but I guess we are looking at how sharp the grain > is instead. There > may be a correlation between the two. Id like to > think so. > Like you say the smoothness of an apparently > grainless image gets > confused for less sharpness. > But the richness can not be ignored. > > I may be that we somehow think a "richer" image > (that one gets from only > magnifying your negative very few times) ..a richer > image makes for a > less sharp image. We've seen so many thin sharp > images. Printed on > Brovira 6. Developed in Rodinal 1:100 > > > Mark Rabiner > Portland, Oregon USA > http://www.markrabiner.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html