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Subject: [Leica] OT: EOS 70-200L sharpness
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)
Date: Mon May 5 18:40:24 2008

Qiao,

I'm afraid I do not see the aliasing in the Turkeys eye, looks fine to me 
even enlarged.

Gene

-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Qiao Li <qiao_li@mentor.com>
>
> Hi Doug,
> 
> Sorry that I am asking the question with an apparent answer.
> 
> Could you elaborate a little on how these pictures showed that DMR @
> ISO400 is preferrable than Provia 400F?
> 
> To my untrained (not due to modesty) eyes, the Provia 400F picture
> seems to have more noise. But the DMR photo seems to show quite some
> aliasing, like the reflection from the turkey's eye, the hair at its
> back, and the highlights on the red caruncle(?)?
> 
> Or the subjects in the photos helped the Provia 400F. If Provia 400F
> were used to take the photo of the turkey, the aliasing would be seen
> also in the digital scan?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Qiao
> 
> > Here are a few photos that I consider sharp and do a good job of 
> > demonstrating 
> a lens' capabilities (full image first, then a 100% crop).  The crops are 
> big 
> files, your browser might want to scale them down to fit the window.  
> These also 
> show why I prefer the DMR @ ISO 400 over Provia 400F:
> > 
> > 560mm f/6.8 @f/6.8 (a 1970 design) on the R8/DMR:
> > http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/phasianidae/witu19.jpg
> > http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/phasianidae/witu19crop.jpg
> > 
> > http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/artiodactyls/dash01.jpg
> > http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/artiodactyls/dash01crop.jpg
> > 
> > 80-200mm Vario-Elmar @ 180mm & full aperture on Provia 400F:
> > http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/eeow02.jpg
> > http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/eeow02crop.jpg
> > 
> > The 70-200L may be as remarkable a lens as some have said, but these 
> > photos 
> don't show it.  Or I might be spoiled by the DMR and Leica lenses.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Doug Herr
> > Birdman of Sacramento
> > http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> 
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