Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As an aside, there is a broad based movement to copy great works of art with very high resolution digital capture. The object is to duplicate the art work for posterity as well as sale through the museum gift shop. An issue, now largely resolved is color space. It seems those pesky artists mixed colors using organic pigments that may be outside the color space of most printers. Don dorysrus@mindspring.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Frank Filippone Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 11:38 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: RE: [Leica] 75 'cron Don, I agree 100%. It is a waste of time and R+D. I also love the 75. But as opposed to many on this list ( and I may be the ONLY one that believes this) the Leica optics will not be the same when put in front of a digital sensor compared to film. They are going to be different, and may be considerably blah when compared to the others' optics. i.e., and my specific belief, that digital images are created in firmware/software. The lens is one of the least important parts of the image capture/ image creation chain. Super optics or just plain good optics could look the same. Interesting digital story form about 2 weeks ago...... I was with a bunch of LF amateur and pro photographers. We were out taking pictures ( or at least trying to) when IT started. A discussion of digital LF. One of the gang had a 4x5 back for his Sinar ( ?) that captured ( I remember this pretty well) 10,000x13,000 Pixels PER SQUARE INCH. A complete scan was like 300MB, so I may have the number of pixels per square inch wrong. It really was 600MB per scan. . ( It took 2 minutes to capture this scene, and of course, nothing could move in that timeframe, so in the 40MPH winds, it was pretty useless except for rocks). The person that owned this back claimed that when he takes pictures of art work, he then can pass the digital files through Genuine Fractals ( or something like that) and can get 40x50 prints that are indistinguishable from 8x10 FILM at the same enlargement. While everyone could debate this bit of.. mine is better/ bigger/ whatever that yours is, the message was clearly that film is dead, for professional purposes. What did the guy shoot? 11x14 film camera for platinum prints. 150 year old technology. Frank Filippone red735i@earthlink.net With all due respect, another 75 will not sell many lenses. Low sales, low revenue, equals R&D money down the drain. For most Leica shooters, the absence of a 75 will be of no consequence. Most could fall back on a 50 or a 90. I happen to be an owner a passionate devote of the 75 Summilux, but I think its sales rank right up there with the 135 APO or maybe the 90 macro. _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information