Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/06/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I remember an old story about the big train station on NYC. In the main waiting room, that was huge, was an area reserved for a photograph of some event, animal, place, etc.? It was near the ceiling and must have been 20x100 feet in size.? The image used was changed reasonably often. This particular story was about an image of a flock of birds, just starting out in flight.? By looking at it, you would have thought that the image was created by an 8x10 camera.? It was particularly sharp, B+W, and well seen by millions of people. The story was about the original negative, that was 35mm. The story said that at far distances, you could not see grain, but you could see out of focus anomalies.? The story and a major impact on me.... still to this day. Anything that looks out of focus I reject, almost immediately.? Poor resolution looks to me like out of focus.? It is "fuzzy".? All over. Maybe the chief reason I test, looking for that high resolution sharpness of Leica's or Nikon's, or ABC's best lenses. Frank Filippone BMWRed735i at Gmail.com On 6/24/2021 4:10 AM, Paul Roark via LUG wrote: > Jayanand wrote: > >> How will you ever make out that level of difference in a print of any >> size? >> > Note that the magnifications of the prints are different. > > If image quality doesn't matter, why does Leica exist? > > Paul > www.PaulRoark.com > > > On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 12:02 AM Paul Roark via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> >> wrote: >> >>> I posted a same-size screen grab of the Leica 135 and Canon 200 at >>> https://www.paulroark.com/Leica-apo-135-v-Canon-L-70-200-at-200.JPG . >>> >>> They look very similar, but I think the ridge line of the 135 M has a >>> slight advantage. >>> >>> Paul >>> www.PaulRoark.com >>> >>> On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 8:59 AM Sonny Carter via LUG < >> lug at leica-users.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> pix? >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Sonny >>>> http://sonc.com <http://sonc.com/look/> >>>> Natchitoches, Louisiana >>>> 1714 >>>> Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase >>>> >>>> USA >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 10:57 AM Paul Roark via LUG < >> lug at leica-users.org >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I thought this group would appreciate the results of this telephoto >>>>> comparison test. The question was, between my Canon 70 - 200 f/4 L >>>> series >>>>> lens at 200mm and my Leica 135mm, which could actually render distant >>>>> details the best. Both were on a Sony a7c. The Leica 135 won. And >>>> this >>>>> was at optimum apertures and center. Off axis and wide open the >>>>> differences would be more pronounced. (The Canon zoom will soon be >> on >>>>> eBay.) >>>>> >>>>> Paul >>>>> www.PaulRoark.com >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information