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Subject: [Leica] With the Summicron Collaps. and TX
From: luisripoll at telefonica.net (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Tue Feb 24 15:05:35 2009
References: <CF62FEC7-4554-4663-BED3-1832FE0351CD@telefonica.net> <C5C8FAF0.4A4CC%mark@rabinergroup.com> <36172e5a0902232249r772ed098v3bb9203be147e39e@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Geoff,

Thank you, I think I've understood what Mark said, no problem at all,  
he's a very nice person and always interesting to hear his opinions,

Saludos cordiales
Lluis

El 24/02/2009, a las 7:49, Geoff Hopkinson escribi?:

> Mark I follow what you are saying. For sure you might like to hold big
> prints side by side if you were shopping for a lens. But Lluis is just
> sharing his experiences by showing street stuff as he usually does.  
> The
> sizes are reasonable for web viewing. You can just enjoy the  
> pictures if you
> like. For some shots you can certainly see contrast and sharpness
> differences for example. Lluis likes traditional spherical designs you
> probably know. Lluis is not Leica or Nikon or Canon and he's not  
> trying to
> sell you anything. By the way I spent a very enjoyable session with  
> him a
> year or so back looking over several hundred wet darkroom prints by  
> Lluis
> over perhaps twenty or thirty years of shooting. You can imagine  
> that it was
> most enjoyable to hold his skilled work in your hands.
>
> 2009/2/24 Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com>
>
>> The top one I see is a 950 by 655 pixel file.
>> If you printed it at 300 dpi that's only a 2x3 inch image!
>> 5 by 7 and a half centimeters isn't such a heck of a lot.
>> We're looking at or comparing what?
>> Signatures?
>> ???
>> We always see this I don't know what we can get out of files which  
>> are a
>> small decimal point of a normal shooting sized image.
>> We're going to buy a 1000 dollar lens over a 3000 dollar lens or  
>> visa versa
>> after looking at an image 950 by 655 pixels across?
>>
>> If those were my needs I'd be out trying to find the lowest rez  
>> cheapest
>> point and shoot there is.
>> To me this level of comparisons do not relate to Leica buying.
>> And this happens on this list all the time.
>>
>> The smallest file size of the cheapest digital camera money can buy  
>> is what
>> ten times this size?
>>
>> I think we need to be realistic about what can be showed and not  
>> shown on
>> the internet.
>> What does Leica do? They let you download some real life sized images
>> before
>> you plunk down your thousands.
>> As does nikon. And I'm sure Canon.
>>
>>
>> Mark William Rabiner
>>
>>
>>
>>> From: Lluis Ripoll <luisripoll@telefonica.net>
>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>>> Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:42:24 +0100
>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>>> Subject: [Leica] With the Summicron Collaps. and TX
>>>
>>> These ones with M3, summicron Collapsible 50m, and Tri X, you can
>>> compare the different signatures Zeiss and Leica
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Barcelona/09020102.jpg.html
>>> http://tinyurl.com/c4bdz2
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Barcelona/09020101.jpg.html
>>> http://tinyurl.com/bl52qr
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Barcelona/09020112.jpg.html
>>> http://tinyurl.com/ckffyt
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Barcelona/09020110.jpg.html
>>> http://tinyurl.com/b9c6e8
>>>
>>> Thanks for looking, your c & c are wellcome
>>>
>>> Saludos cordiales
>>> lluis
>>>
>>>
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>
>
>
> -- 
> Cheers
> Geoff
> 'She looks like an angel moving too fast for its glory'
>
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