Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Too many possible confounders which were not considered for this to be a valid study. At 03:39 AM 9/15/2010, you wrote: >You tell that to Michael Reichmann: > >"At one point I found myself looking at raw files on-screen and not being >sure if I was looking at Hasselblad P45+ files or Canon G10 files. That >includes at 100% onscreen enlargements." > >and > >Over a two day period I invited photographers and local industry >professionals to come to my print studio and look at a series of 13X19" >prints from an *Epson 3800* printer made on *Ilford Gold Fiber Silk* paper >which were then hung side by side on my floor-standing print viewing box. >This collection of seven people included experienced photographers, people >from the commercial print industry, and other trade professionals. Between >them there was at least 200 years of photographic industry shooting and >printing experience. > >In most cases I did not tell them what they were looking at, simply saying >that I had been shooting with two cameras, and that they should divide the >prints (about a dozen) into two piles ? Camera A and Camera B. They were >asked to judge resolution, accutance, colour reproduction, highlight detail, >dMax, and any other factors that they wished to consider. >The Results > >In every case no one could reliably tell the difference between 13X19" >prints shot with the $40,000 Hasselblad and Phase One 39 Megapixel back, and >the new $500 Canon G10. In the end no one got more than 60% right, and >overall the split was about 50 / 50, with no clear differentiator. In other >words, no better than chance. > > >http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/kidding.shtml > > > > > >On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 12:28 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at >rabinergroup.com>wrote: > > > Every portfolio I've ever had or stack of prints; and every stack of > > prints > > other photographers have shown me I've always known which ones of my > > prints > > were 35mm, Medium format, or sheet film and I didn't have to bother > > telling > > them and they didn't have to bother telling me; as we all knew at first > > glance. > > I can normally easily tell the difference between a full frame digital > > image > > even at low output and cropped format digital output and I think many > > people > > can with any experience. And certainly the difference between that and > > point > > and shoots with sensors the size of my pinky nail. And the 2x crop in > > between. And medium format digital blows me right out of the water at > > least > > my eyeballs. > > If you can't tell the difference between your large and smaller format > > digital output the time to hang it up is now. > > Take up audio. > > > > -------------------- > > Mark William Rabiner > > Photography > > mark at rabinergroup.com > > . > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > >-- >// richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> >// icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> >// photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> >[ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous >replies in your msgs. ] > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Chris Saganich MS, CPH Senior Physicist, Office of Health Physics Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York Presbyterian Hospital chs2018 at med.cornell.edu http://intranet.med.cornell.edu/research/health_phys/ Ph. 212.746.6964 Fax. 212.746.4800 Office A-0049