Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve Barbour > >On Nov 27, 2012, at 8:55 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> >wrote: > >> Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: >> >>> >>> Jon, >>> You can make out with JPGs? You have much better eyesight than I have! >>> >> >> Richard Man wrote: >> >>> >>> Jon, fairy dust sprinkled by the Leica wizards!!! >>> >> >>> >>> On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 7:40 PM, jon.streeter <jon.streeter at cox.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> When I see Leica photos posted here, they seem to have a sharpness and, >>>> sometimes, luminescence, beautiful bokeh, microcontrast perhaps, that >>>> sets >>>> them apart from other cameras with sensors rated higher by DXO. But >>>> it's >>>> hardly a meaningful test since I've been a Leica fan since high school, >>>> so >>>> I'm biased. Furthermore, I know which photographs were done with Leica >>>> glass. Still, they do seem better, and I'm curious about how that's >>>> possible if Leica sensors are so low in DXO's ratings. Software? >>>> Lenses? >>>> Superb photographers? >>>> >>> >> >> Several years ago when I used (briefly) a Canon L lens several people >> e-mailed after seeing the photos on my website and asked "What happened? >> You've lost some color and detail." > > > >or, as they say in words that seem appropriate, " a swallow does not a >summer make". > and a catchy sound bite doesn't make it any more true. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com