Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter, I know what the secret is. Not that I can do the secret :-) and it has nothing to do with the B&W conversion, but you know that. People like Ted and B.D., they can haul a hunking giant like the Speed Graphics and no one will notice... y e s the secret is Ancient J a p a n e s e Ninja Skillz At 11:35 AM 4/19/2006, Klein, Peter A wrote: >Wow! That's my kind of picture! The eyes have it, indeed! Just >beautiful. > >The E-330 is certainly proving itself viable as a B&W available light >camera. I'm wondering if the camera's internal noise reduction is >responsible for some of the "perfect skin" look. I looked closely, and >there are hints of a few zits that were smoothed out by something. > >I don't know how you do it, B.D. Whenever I take my E-1 and 14-54 out, >I feel like I'm toting a howitzer compared to a Leica. I feel much more >conspicuous. And I never get the level of detail you do. Even shooting >RAW. Granted, there's a 5 - 7.5 megapixel difference, but you were >doing fine with the E-1 as well. > >I'm going to have to try some B&W conversion with the E-1. Maybe that's >part of the "secret." > >-Peter > >At 09:42 PM 4/18/2006, B.D. wrote: > >http://gallery.leica-users.org/BDCOLENPHOTOS/LOOK > > > >Comments, criticisms, witticisms. > >B. D. // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please use richard at imagecraft.com)