Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Oct 19, 2009, at 7:32 PM, Doug Herr wrote: > Steve Barbour wrote: > >> On Oct 19, 2009, at 5:28 PM, Tina Manley wrote: >> >>> 48 MB files are the minimum for most. More and more are using lists >>> of acceptable and unacceptable cameras. Leica M8s and M9s are on >>> everybody's acceptable list. Point and shoots are not. Any cameras >>> below 10MP are not. They look at the photo's EXIF and if the camera >>> is not acceptable, they don't even review the photo. If you are >>> very careful about how you interpolate, photos from a 10MP camera >>> like the M8 are acceptable, but you can't do much cropping or high >>> ISO work at all to be accepted. >> >> so this takes the place of..."whether it's a good photo?" & >> "whether it has anything to say?" >> > > Nope. In addition to "whether it's a good photo?" & "whether it has > anything to say?". There are bazillions of photos saying something, > given a choice between a poorly-executed photo and another of > equivalent content, but well-executed, poor technique doesn't win. of course not Doug, but the number of megabytes shouldn't decide the first cut... like deciding on the value of a scientific experiment based on the size of the test tubes... It may be correct for many great photos, the number of megabytes would be the least important criterion, Steve > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information