Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I just read the Danish article, which makes clear that while he uses an M8, the pictures from Haiti that were the object of the controversy were made with a Nikon D700. Nathan On 20/04/2009, at 16:23, Tina Manley wrote: > At 10:10 AM 4/20/2009, you wrote: >> Well That's pretty stupid of the Judges. I copied both his raw >> pictures in >> Photoshop, pulled the levels slider to the edge of the black, and >> had nearly >> the same images he ended up with. If I were doing it from raw, I >> could >> probably match his final shots with nothing more than levels and >> shadows >> highlight. Try it yourself. Also, the story said he was using a >> D700, the >> same kind of Leica Kyle uses. > \ > He talks about the RAW files from his Leica M8 being totally > different from those from his Nikon. I'd agree based on Leica M8's > and Canons. There is no comparison. I think the judges over- > reacted, too. One said he changed a chair to yellow and a wall to > blue when they are clearly those colors in the RAW, just washed out > - as RAW files sometimes are. > > Tina > > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog