Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]About the lenses: I was talking about in camera lens correction software, mentioned by Erwin Puts. I tend to follow his reasoning (as I understood it): a lens has a profile, and one could write some soft to counter or strengthen that profile. Now or in the future. But ofcourse you see the difference between good and bad glass. In the latter case, more correction is needed. And thanks for looking :-) Philippe Op 18-dec-05, om 08:18 heeft Nathan Wajsman het volgende geschreven: > Philippe, > > First of all, the picture is nice. Secondly, regarding your > decision whether to abandon analogue in favour of a 5D or D200 -- > make it based on what is right for you and that's that. I have > certainly been pleased with my results since moving to digital, > although my camera bag is a bit heavier than before. I do not > believe that digital has fundamentally altered the way I shoot, > except that it enables me to take more chances on marginal images, > knowing that the marginal cost of each image is zero and I can > always delete it later (which I do in many cases). > > FWIW, many photographers I know do use a combination of digital > SLRs and medium format film cameras. Especially nowadays, with the > fall in prices of MF gear, it is quite an inexpensive option to try > out. > > Finally, I do not agree that lenses are becoming less important. I > can clearly see the difference on the screen between an inferior > lens a good one, and while some things can be fixed in PS, you > cannot easily fix things like distortion, colour fringing or > chromatic aberration. In fact, I can make the opposite argument: > with digital and PS, I can look at each image at 100%, which > corresponds to a print size that is way bigger than anything I have > ever printed. > > Nathan > > Philippe Orlent wrote: > >> Seeing f.i. Daniel's square Rollei shots tempted me to acquire a >> Mamiya C330 + 80mm. >> I went in the woods with it last weekend to try it out, and then >> decided to buy a new Paterson tank + film development chemicals >> to revive what seemed so natural to me some 10 years ago. >> So yesterday I struggled to get the film (TMax 100) in the spool >> (lost that handiness), and then had a great time playing low >> techie in the kitchen with temp, dilutions etc. >> Today I scanned a reasonable neg on my Epson flatbed (an old 1660 >> photo), discovered that Newton rings haven't disappeared yet, and >> emulated the 'printing' process on my trusted PS CS. >> The result leaves me somewhat 'I don't know'-ish: >> http://tinyurl.com/b9ymz >> But there was one thing I noticed: doing it this way sure makes >> me think more when I take a photograph. A lot of time is needed >> afterwards, so it's better to know in front that all that work >> won't be in vain. >> I haven't decided yet if that will improve my photography (full >> analog process needing thinking time vs digital offering more >> choice thus leading to a higher probability of acceptable shots), >> so I'm interested to know how you all feel about this. >> I guess it all comes down to the choice between a certain analog >> nostalgy and the certainty of digital quality and user >> friendliness. Easier put: I'm struggling with the decision to >> abandon analog and going 5D or D200. Somehow it doesn't feel >> right... >> So what are your thoughts about that (knowing that lens and body >> are becoming less important -where does that leave Leica?-, and >> software more and more)? >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Almere, The Netherlands > > General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com > Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com > Bicycle project: http://www.fotocycle.nl > Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 > Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com > > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >