Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I really think you (and I) don't have enough information available to
us from and in these images to come to those sort of conclusions.
Scanning and processing as well as the different lenses etc make that
sort of comparison illusory.
At 5:02 PM -0400 4/17/10, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote:
>Peter,
>
>The M3 and M8 images were difficult to compare directly. The pixel counts of
>the large images were different enough so that the M8 image was about 20%
>bigger when viewed on the monitor. I downloaded both and resized them so
>that each image was the same size, them viewed them side by side on a 20"
>monitor. After all that work, all I could conclude is that there was not
>much difference between the two. But if asked to make a choice I would say
>that the M3 film image had a bit more snap, or "life" as one Lugger said.
>Apparently the digital M8 has almost caught up to the quality of film. Had
>you photographed the young lad with a M9 it might have been a wash.
>
>
>Larry Z
>
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