Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice post Mark! - when I crop a shot in Bridge (which is like Lightroom) I don't crop it at a ratio or at "normal". I crop it at a specific pixel setting. Most often 800 x 1200 pixies. That way I am not double sharpening or re interpolating my pix more than is necessary. I am sharpening at the final size. So there are less sharpness gremlins. When means you'd not looking at the pic the next day going "damn its not sharp enough what the hell happened!?" or "darn! Over sharpened extra crispy!" On 5/20/13 6:54 PM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > I'm 62 too! > I stop down as much as I can whenever I can as I 've been saying. Normally. > With the AF I don't need to stop down as much usually. > I have progressive lenses. They cost a bit more than trifocals. > You can see far and near. I've been wearing them for a decade. > > Make sure you are judging the sharpness of your pix at 1:1 view setting. > I don't trust my sharpness opinions when I look at my NEF's in Adobe > Bridge. > I open them up in Photoshop first. Unsharp mask a tad. THEN decide if the > sharpness of the photo is going to be good for me. > > > On 5/20/13 10:42 AM, "Aram Langhans" <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote: > >> Ditto with the 100 APO Macro and the 35-70/4. Since moving from the R8 to >> digital, that is one thing I have yet to get use to; the need to stop down >> to get decent results from a lens I have paid over 1 grand for. Probably >> a >> factor in that I am mostly using Nikon zoom lenses, but the Leica 35-70/4 >> performs exceedingly well wide open. My Nikon 24-120/4 needs to be at >> f-11 >> on the long end to give any satisfactory results. Forget f-4, or f-5.6 or >> even f-8. Yet, my eyes have reached a point that for anything not very >> static, I cannot focus manually with any kind of a success rate in the >> viewfinders designed for these new cameras. Even if I glance at the focus >> conformation light if there is time, the hit rate wide open is fairly >> poor. >> There is too much slop in that light for manual focus wide open. So I >> tend >> to use the Leica glass for stationary things only. Darn 62 year old >> eyes..... >> >> Aram >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> >> Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2013 6:05 PM >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Mark's 5.6 and be there >> >>> Mark Rabiner wrote: >>> >>>> If you've looked at those lens test charts they used to always had in >>>> Pop >>>> and Modern photography monthly for decades we all did a lens always get >>>> a >>>> bit better contrast and resolution stopped down two or three. Its just >>>> the >>>> nature of optics. >>> >>> It's how the lenses were designed. They don't have to be designed that >>> way. Use an R APO-Telyt at full aperture and everything you "know" about >>> optics will be obsolete. I use the diaphragm for DOF control and >>> exposure >>> control. Stopping down one or two stops for optimum performance does not >>> apply to the best lenses. >>> >>> Doug Herr >>> Birdman of Sacramento >>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > -- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/