Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/10/23

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Subject: [Leica] High Res M9 Portrait (how sharp is sharp enough?)
From: rgacpa at gmail.com (Robert Adler)
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 19:12:12 -0700
References: <FB9FD655-FA44-4733-8FD9-DE468294F2D9@gmail.com> <D05CCE82-E40E-4C0A-B8BF-8BC123D9A99B@frozenlight.eu>

Yeah, sure...
;-)

On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
wrote:

> Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. But I loved this pic on FB and I love it
> here.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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> On 22 Oct 2014, at 23:00, kyle cassidy on the LUG <leicaslacker at 
> gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > In reading lens reviews I?ll often see something like ?this portrait
> lens really starts to shine at f5.6? and I think ?f5.6? who in their right
> mind would ever stop down to f5.6 with a portrait lens? Open it up all the
> way and solder down the aperture ring." But then occasionally I think ?eek,
> my DOF is a little narrow there? and I resign myself to the possibility
> that, occasionally, f4 is warranted if you want to get both the lion and
> the gazelle in focus.
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> > Not that I?ll likely ever do it, but I?ll accept it may be true.
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> > Here?s a high res portrait that may or may not be sharp enough.
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> > http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2014/stars-flower-high-res.jpg
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-- 
Bob Adler


In reply to: Message from leicaslacker at gmail.com (kyle cassidy on the LUG) ([Leica] High Res M9 Portrait (how sharp is sharp enough?))
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] High Res M9 Portrait (how sharp is sharp enough?))