Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter I am fairly convinced it is a problem with the sensors which are different to others, and a problem with sharpening the images. Gerry > On 22 Apr 2016, at 22:11, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> wrote: > > Gerry, > > Do you have, or can you get, any indication of what the difference is. It > seems > that there are so many variables, perhaps the cameras/sensors, perhaps the > editors, perhaps... > > Anyway I am glad that you are getting the images accepted again, > > Peter > > On 22/04/2016 19:40, Gerry Walden wrote: >> As most of you will know i was a Fuji X-World photographer shooting with >> two X-Pro1s and a variety of lenses, and I was fairly happy. However in >> July last year I moved back to Leica after about 13 years and purchased a >> used M9. I had shot with Leica Ms for many years but changed when I made >> the decision to go digital, and Leica simply did not have a digital body, >> and appeared to have no intention of producing one. It cost me a lot of >> money to switch back but I was rapidly approaching 70 and decided if I >> couldn?t have what I wanted at my age it was a sad world! >> >> I have submitted to Alamy for many years, and have around 4,000 images >> with them. I am always very careful about quality when I submit because >> they are pretty fussy, but I found that I was only getting about a 50% >> acceptance rate with the Fuji cameras, and could never work out why. The >> images looked fine to me on the screen. It was a real problem. >> >> I have now made 17 submissions using Leica images, and have not had a >> single failure! That makes the change really worthwhile. Others will say >> ?Of course, you should have known? but I would never have thought it >> would be that obvious! >> >> Gerry >> >> >> Gerry Walden LRPS >> www.gwpics.com >> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or >> +44 (0)797 287 7932 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > -- > > =========================================================== > Dr Peter Dzwig > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information