Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, Simon, the upscaled Pixel crop is 17 meg, so that is a bit impractical. It is, btw, anything but soft - which is why I didn't sharpen it. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of animal Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 6:10 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Steve Gandy's update on the digital bessa With the file size displayed I fail to see your point B.D. still it looks a bit soft .Would you share a larger version or an actual pixel crop? simon jessurun > :-) > 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 > > > > -- > > 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 > > > -- > 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html