Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeffrey, This is a difficult thing to do on the web. You're looking at 96DPI web images...which is really not that conducive to most aspects of image comparison, except, obviously, composition. It's hard to tell if the faults with the images I looked at are the fault of the camera, the camera operator, file format, or post processing of the images. On 0032mp.jpg, the shadows are completely blocked. Don't get me wrong, these are OK images, but they do have faults, and the source of the faults is important if you are evaluating these images compared to film. This is why I like to do any image analysis like this with raw images...but with the Foveon, you can't, as they decided to make up their own special raw file format. Possibly, it may be able to put out uncompressed TIFF files, but I haven't seen anyone post any. Serious question, and not meant in any way, shape or form to be demeaning...but why are you shooting with a Leica if something like the Foveon gives you (you believe, from viewing these web images) the image quality you "want"...enough to "WOW" you? Regards, Austin > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jeffrey > Fass > Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 2:25 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Foveon > > > WOW. > > The binary beast is-a headin' this way. > > JDF > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "George Hartzell" <hartzell@kestrel.alerce.com> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 1:36 PM > Subject: RE: [Leica] Foveon > > > > Austin Franklin writes: > > > Hi Carl, > > > > > > > I've been meaning to inquire: what's the word on the > Foveon sensors. > Are > > > > they living up to the hype? > > > > > > I don't know, there is VERY VERY little press on it, and NO full size > > > examples, that I've been able to find. Not much of anyone > is actually > > > talking about it...so my guess is they are having problems > > > delivering/releasing. > > > > Steve includes some full-resolution patches from some of his sample > > images. The general page is: > > > > http://www.sjphoto.com/web-special/index.htm > > > > and the full resolution peices are > > > > 0024sara_detail.jpg > > 0032mp-detail.jpg > > > > g. > > > > -- > > 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