Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/28

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Subject: [Leica] Fuji X 100 versus Leica M9
From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 03:59:56 -0800 (GMT-08:00)

Richard Man 

>
>Doug, I think yours is a special case. With your wild life where the fine
>details and colors are just OMG amazing, the Leica R glass is pretty darn
>awesome.
>
>However, for most people (yes I am also aware of Tina's problems with CA
>with her Canon lens), Leica is not a limiting factor, or the converse,
>Leica does not make photos better. It can make a better photographer though
>:-)
>

People vary (sometimes greatly) in the perceptive discrimination.

Some people perceive subtle differences between beers; some care only that 
they get a buzz.

Some people can hear the difference between a Northern Flicker (a 
woodpecker) and a Pileated Woodpecker; others can barely distinguish between 
a bird's call and a squirrel's chatter.

The same differences exist in individuals' visual perception skills and 
abilities.

I am well aware that for many people the differences between the way lenses 
draw a picture are too subtle to distinguish, and that other factors are 
more significant.  For others the differences between lenses or sensors is 
glaringly obvious.

I don't presume that my perceptive skills (or lack of... ) are matched by 
others;  the micro-brew industry is clear evidence that others perceive more 
than I do.  Whether anyone else sees it or not, the differences between the 
way lenses draw a picture smack me upside the head.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com




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