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Subject: [Leica] Intro & question: part 2
From: mingthein at gmail.com (Thein Onn Ming)
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 10:09:41 +0800
References: <20090601201108.GB3718@olypen.com> <p06230910c64a29b24c24@[10.0.1.199]>

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
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from wtallman at olypen.com (William D. Tallman) ([Leica] Intro & question: part 2)
Message from henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff) ([Leica] Intro & question: part 2)