Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes the practitioner has to practice. Its not an instant thing. You're not shooting jpegs untouched by human hands. Mark William Rabiner > From: Bob Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:58:42 -0700 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Ansel Adams Wilderness > > And the results are only as good as the practitioner... > no matter the tool. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Sep 11, 2012, at 5:44 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > >> Its not an issue of belief or what words I or someone types on their >> keyboard. We are talking about photographs; results. Prints. They exist >> and >> they speak for themselves. Of course they are totally viable. At least >> ten >> years this stuff has been going on it was not invented yesterday. >> You're calling it trickery in quotes but merging and stitching is the >> accepted standard of the industry for at least wide angle larger format >> results; there are cameras built with such stiching in mind sporting >> medium >> format sliding multi step stitching digital backs. >> >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photography >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >> >> >>> From: Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> >>> Organization: Summa Ventures Ltd >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:31:40 +0100 >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Ansel Adams Wilderness >>> >>> Rabs, >>> >>> very perceptive commentary. Do you believe that technically the printable >>> quality now obtainable through this sort of "trickery", whether by chip >>> or >>> film, >>> is as good as that obtainable with large format? >>> >>> Paul obviously does. But, do you? Do others? >>> >>> Peter >>> On 07/09/2012 22:26, Mark Rabiner wrote: >>>> It does seem audacious or even impudent for a respected worker to be >>>> out in >>>> Ansel Adams territory with a 35mm camera. ... Ansel A. would climb >>>> these >>>> mountains before modern mountain climbing methods and been invented yet >>>> with >>>> an 8x10 camera on his back and a half dozen 8x10 glass plates in his >>>> early >>>> 20's. >>> >>> ... >>>> >>>> But what Ansel didn't have and we have now is the ability to merge >>>> individual exposures together and with each one we've in effect >>>> increased >>>> our format size by that much. >>> >>> ... >>> >>>> So we have a decisive new paradigm shift now in how we might obtain >>>> images >>>> with an astounding amount of breath taking information . >>>> The word "coverage" can be used in a whole new way in photography. >>>> Very large format results possible with very small formats. >>>> We could go out with even smaller cropped digital sensors and work >>>> spontaneously and then with carful stitching made large format results. >>>> And >>>> I think here on the lug we've seen some from pocket point and shots with >>>> sensors the size of your baby fingernail. >>> >>> ... >>> >>> -- >>> >>> =========================================================== >>> Dr Peter Dzwig >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information