[Leica] Leica DMR vs. Canon 20D comparison shots

[creativevisions at verizon.net (Michael J Herring)]

Ted, I won't thrash you. Iguess you are not a computer geek as many of us
are.
(Whether we care to admit this or not).
I, for one, find this information extremely useful and interesting.
I also log this type of information when working in the darkroom.

Now, if they could come up with a method for automatically logging the
darkroom work!

Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 10:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica DMR vs. Canon 20D comparison shots


> David Mason offered:
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica DMR vs. Canon 20D comparison shots
>
>
>> Well, it gives what data it can - but it certainly isn't telling us
>> the lens type, and aperture - just as I thought. So it would be
>> incomplete at best from the canon.<<<<<<<,,
>
> Guys and gals I know I'm about to ask a completely inane stupid question
> and undoubtedly there will be a million answers back why one needs it.
> This recorded information.
>
> But here goes:
>
> I can't for the life of me understand what the heck you'd ever need to
> know what lens, aperture and other miscellaneous information not being
> read camera to camera?
>
> Isn't the whole action of taking pictures about the final photograph and
> how well you shot it? Surely these other details can't have much meaning
> for anything of logic in how good the end product is going to be? Or
was.
>
> I know people want to know what lens, aperture etc were used right here
on
> the list, but the question is some times asked when it's a mere happy
snap
> of no meaning.
>
> Now if there's a specific effect, say blurred action of runners in a
race
> and there's a beautiful effect of speed, then yes knowing what the
shutter
> speed was can be helpful, if the asking person is going to try this
> effect. I have no problem with this because that's how we learn.
>
> But having it recorded with the shot is like.... "Who cares? I'd be far
> more interested in knowing it was a damn fine photograph than "what lens
> was recorded."
>
> OK now all together, thrash me! ;-)
>
> ted
>
>
>
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