Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Whoops... some typos..... it should read..... .......I find it hard to believe that .... Frank Filippone red735i@earthlink.net -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net@leica-users.org]On Behalf Of Frank Filippone Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 5:46 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: RE: [Leica] leica digital back-initial test results Thank you Henning. It is hard to believe that Ektar25, Tech Pan, Velvia, or Tmax100 would not be sufficient to test any lens. OTOH, there may be some issues that a B+W film could not capture and that Velvia might not be color sufficient for. My gripe with the whole digital thing is to come to terms wih capture software does something with the images. It is not glass on film, it is glass on sensor modified by some software and put on a CRT. I find that a third or fourth generation image ( digital) can touch a first generation slide or B+W negative. Frank Filippone red735i@earthlink.net Through limitations in the sensor design/technology, some lens defects that were unnoticeable on film are now obvious on digital. In those cases, FF digital can be 'better' than the lenses, but you have to remember that part of that equation is a lack in the sensor. In other ways, the 'bull puckey' description applies. Digital does not come close to testing the MTF of the better lenses. -- * Henning J. Wulff _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information