Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B.D. Yep, I understand and agree, as I posted. The wedding "glows" and those last two unsharpened shots have stacks of resolution, gentle sharpness and tiny DOF and remind me of a medium format with no grain and softer contrast, like an old Rollei 6x6 or similar wide open (except for the DOF). Cheers Hoppy Still learning & also shopping for one of those Rolleis (now where's that 1.2 Planar)? -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of B. D. Colen Sent: Friday, 25 August 2006 11:10 To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] You can buy the Noctilux 50 1.2 on *bay... The unsharpened images, Hoppy, are the first two - which, though the depth of field is miniscule, are sharp and don't to be look as though the shot was taken with older, uncoated glass - though the wedding shots, in lower light, at lower shutter speeds and higher iso, indeed do. On 8/24/06 8:55 PM, "G Hopkinson" <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > B.D. no informed comment to make on the Noctilux. > Regarding the Zuiko, I can certainly see, in the wedding shots, what Don has > described as the "glow". Disregarding the miniscule DOF, which I could never > master with 1.4's let alone bigger, the shots, as displayed, look to me in > effect, like older uncoated glass and not at all like a relatively modern > era Japanese SLR lens (70's or 80's Zuiko, Nikkor, Canon etc) > > It may well be some combination of lower light levels and quality, slower > speeds, DOF, influencing the shots. Or also personal interpretation on > appropriate sharpening for the subjects. > That's not a value judgement, in fact for some of the wedding shots, I'm > sure that folks would be very pleased to see just what you have shown. > I don't see any unevenness suggesting any issue with the particular glass > sample. No shortage of resolution in those last posted pics either. It > always reminds me of medium format film (abetted by the absence of grain in > the digital image. Plus of course the "glow" isn't apparent at all to me in > many other photos that you have posted recently. > Just my perception based on the low res versions on a computer screen. > I do understand that you haven't applied any processing, including > sharpening > > Cheers > Hoppy > Learning constantly > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of B. > D. Colen > Sent: Friday, 25 August 2006 09:54 > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: [Leica] You can buy the Noctilux 50 1.2 on *bay... > > For the buy-it-now price north of $5K - > Or you can buy an Olympilux 55 1.2 for the buy-it-now price of....$355... > And don't tell me it isn't sharp, Don. :-) > Here's another example - and the second image is a crop at 100 percent. > These are raw images, converted to black and white, with no in-camera or > post-camera sharpening. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/BDColen/OlympiLux2_14 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information