Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Whatevah!:-)(Wonder if the large, red, script L in the corner of each Leica slide helped you make your picks!:-) ) Best B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of John Collier Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 12:02 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] More digital comments As you all know, I am a die-hard slide user; and, amazingly enough, my family and friends like slide shows. YMMV. Last night a friend was over showing slides from Easter Island and in the mix were a few b&w digital images. He used a Canon G3 in raw mode which were converted to TIFFs and then outputted to slides. What can I say, I was impressed. They were not good but they weren't bloody awful either -- remember these are enlarged to 4 feet by 6 feet. Images with large elements and not too much fine detail looked OK even good. Images with lots of fine detail came off as somewhat fuzzy. I am not about to rush out and switch to digital but possibly the technology only has to improve through a couple more generations before it would give pretty good results; maybe even excellent results. As those of you who push a lot of film through your cameras know, Leicas look cheap compared to film and processing bills. Now all we need is a good digital camera with a M viewfinder! Please!! John Collier PS: As an overall impression, comparing the same slide film but not locations or photographer, I thought that Leica images looked better. Sorry for throwing that into the pot BD... - -- 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