Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/13

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Steve Gandy's update on the digital bessa
From: "Jeffery Smith" <jls@runbox.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 17:12:23 -0600

I told another forum earlier that I've pretty much decided never to buy
color film again. Even the best color 35mm film cannot compete.

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA


- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of B. D.
Colen
Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 4:50 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: RE: [Leica] Steve Gandy's update on the digital bessa

:-)
Speaking of disclaimers....Enough of the film v digital bs. Go look at
http://www.leica-gallery.net/bdcolen/image-62369.html
And
http://www.leica-gallery.net/bdcolen/image-62368.html
The image was shot at 200 iso, using the Olympus E-1 with the 50 macro f
2 - 100 mm 35 mm equiv - set at f 2.5. The original file is 14.7 meg.
The cropped image, which is what, about 1/3 of the original, was upsized
using nothing but photoshop, setting it for 110% each time, until I had
a 17 meg file of the cropped area. Then I set my size to 8x5 at 72 dpi,
did a similar, slight dodge of the boy's and father's face on each
image, put borders on them, and uploaded them with NO sharpening. And
btw, the camera is set to not sharpen.

So if you want to use film, more power to you. If not... :-)

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 Jeffery
Smith
Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 5:26 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: RE: [Leica] Steve Gandy's update on the digital bessa


BD

Attach a wav file with that really fast-talking dude who gives all the
disclaimers before used car ads on the radio. [I hope he isn't only down
here).

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA


- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of B. D.
Colen
Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 4:02 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: RE: [Leica] Steve Gandy's update on the digital bessa

Yup. But Phong, do you want a disclaimer with every friggin' post? I
hardly make a secret of my Olympus ties...:-)

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Daniel
Ridings
Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 12:57 AM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: RE: [Leica] Steve Gandy's update on the digital bessa


I've got some ties from various universities. I suspect BD does too :)

The only tie I have with Olympus is that I bought one for my wife a few
years back and it keeps delivering pictures of incredible quality
(always with Fujicolor 800 in it).

Anyway, when something costs 1/3 as much and is still comparable if not
outright better, then it must feel _good_ to have ties to the better
alternative. Like choosing the right horse to bet on :)

Daniel

On Fri, 12 Mar 2004, Phong wrote:

> There you go again B.D..
> You forgot to mention your Olympus ties.
> Bad, B.D., bad.
>
> :-)
>
> - Phong
>
> [ I am waiting for a Rabiner tie-in]
>
>
> B. D. Colen wrote:
> >
> > And costs less than 1/3 of what an D2 does... :-)
> >
> Daniel Ridings wrote:
> >
> > The Olympus C-5050 is a little faster :) (f1.8)
> >
> > Daniel
>
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