Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > > > -- > Cheers > Geoff > 'She looks like an angel moving too fast for its glory' > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information