Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Pardon the sudden intrusion. I usually lurk at a safe distance but I just got home after hanging some work and I feel sort of lucky. At first I thought I was looking at scanned film. The shadows remind me of the grainy junk that I fight with in my own scans. However, after clicking on the image and bringing up the next photo (is this cheating?), I noticed the refresh/ scan lines on the monitor behind you are dead horizontal. Every lugger knows that a horizontally travelling cloth shutter curtain (such as that found on the M$-P) renders refresh lines as distinctly diagonal <g>. Assuming the same camera made both pics, I got to go with the Canon. Glad you raised the challenge. Now, bring- it- on! - -Todd Deutsch http://www.todddeutsch.com > > I had to have some pictures taken of myself recently. I just got the > TIFF files. I thought the photographer did quite a nice job considering > his unphotogenic subject. > > What I want to know is: was the camera he used a Leica, or a digital > SLR? > > In fact I'll be even more specific... it was either > > 1. Leica M4-P with 90mm Summicron on Agfa APX 400 scanned on an Imacon > 2. Canon 1Ds with EF 85mm f/1.8 > > There will be a prize, although I have no idea what, for the > best-argued correct answer. > > Here's the picture. I've made it nice and big so you can have a good > look at it. > > http://www.johnbrownlow.com/icom/source/icom13.html > > Steve LeHuray is not allowed to enter this competition. > > (There is actually a very very very simple way to tell, but if you know > what it is, do yourself a favor and judge the image as an image before > peeking - and no, that answer won't win the competition). > > > > -- > John Brownlow > > http://www.pinkheadedbug.com > http://www.unintended-consequences.com > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html