Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Odd, bumping the sharpness works for me...at least when I was shooting the 1DIII. On Jun 2, 2009, at 9:05 AM, Henning Wulff wrote: > For a number of years now my SLR needs have been met by Canons. At > present I use among others a 40D. What annoys me most about it is > that the screen at the back really doesn't help me much with how > sharp the photo is that I just took or am taking. It always > displays quite mushy. Yet when I take a technically decent shot, > bring it into the computer and look at it, it's OK. It's that > damned screen image! > > I was very disappointed at first when I switched over from the 20D > to the 40D, as the 20D with it's small screen actually gave a much > more accurate impression of the shot, especially when magnified. > The strange thing is that the 5D, and now the 5D MkII, show quite > sharp images on playback. It just seems to be the 40D. Whenever the > 60D?? comes out I'll have a look and if the screen on playback > shows the scene better, I'll get it immediately. > > BTW, increasing the sharpness in the menus doesn't do a thing when > shooting RAW. I don't know and don't care about jpeg shots. > > > > At 1:11 PM -0700 6/1/09, William D. Tallman wrote: >> Thanks to all that responded to the original post. >> >> Live View on a Canon 40D avoids all mirrors and prisms, as what >> one sees >> is what the sensor sees. Manual focus at maximum magnification is >> probably somewhere close to what once would see on the monitor at >> full >> size. I'm saying that because I've shot this particular scene a >> number >> of times, as it has a varying gradient of detail, etc, etc. >> >> With regard the AA filter: After reading the site (Hot Rod >> filters...), >> and recalling various clean room protocols that I don't have, >> doing that >> procedure myself on a non-dedicated camera seemed foolish. And I >> don't >> know that the AA filter is the cause of my complaint. >> >> Typically, that degree of sharpness requires larger format == less >> magnification, and yes, the print is the performance for which >> applause >> is given. I'm going to take delivery of an Epson 3800, which >> means that >> large prints will be inevitable (does one regard a 16x20 print as >> large >> now?); I want to know what I can expect. Mostly, I want to know >> what I >> need to watch for (when we know better, we can do better...) in my >> taking techniques. >> >> Thanks for reading. >> >> Bill Tallman >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- > > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information THEIN Onn Ming *photohorologer ming at www.mingthein.com www.flickr.com/mingthein