Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2024/05/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The only reason that I use cameras with 45MP sensors is that it gives me the latitude to crop and eschew carrying 600/800mm behemoths altogether. Besides, I can switch to DX mode with the press of a button with a narrower angle of view to compose/track with, and still get 20MP images. I do not otherwise need 45MP for anything I need to do with any image. We just need to choose our tools carefully to suit our needs. Cheers Jayanand On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 9:56?PM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > I would like to add to Sonny's comments on cropping. The newer high > resolution sensors and the newer lens designs that can deliver detail at > those pixel pitch points allow incredible crops. Then you have the new AI > interfaces that will believably create new pixels to increase the image > size for reproduction purposes. > > I can imagine that the Leica Q4 with 100mp sensor and a 24mm lens will be > very attractive: I know I greatly enjoy the freedoms of 60mp and the new > lenses available. Even the sorta lowly Sony 20mm produces stunning images > never mind what comes out of the 135 F1.8 or the 40mm F1.4 or... > > On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 8:10?AM Sonny Carter via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> > wrote: > > > May I pipe up about cropping? It surely depends on your style of > > shooting. I usually am most interested in the moment over the > composition, > > and that even goes for shooting flowers. I rarely shoot with a macro, > more > > often a wide to normal focal length. I almost never use a tripod, and > > usually, images are made in the ?wild? without any lighting or > reflectors, > > etc. > > > > Probably my technique stems from a past life as a photojournalist. > Thus, I > > shoot only a few images an outing, much like I did when using film. The > > upshot is that I still am pretty choosy about what I show, so I end up > > often heavily cropping without shame. It all comes from the concept > that I > > am showing you what I see; ?Look!? or to express it in biblical terms, > > ?Behold!? > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > Sonny > > www.SonC.Com/Look > > > > > > > > On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 5:11?AM Lluis Ripoll via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org> > > wrote: > > > > > Jayanand, Alan > > > > > > Thank you verymuch for your advices, It is true, I do not use much care > > > with the images digitized with the scanner, this instrument enhances > the > > > smallest details of the negatives that are totally invisible in the > > > enlarger when making a wet copy, which for me is what counts. A few > days > > > ago I had a negative with countless white dots, I immediately made a > > > 9.5x12" copy in my darkroom, it turned out completely clean, so > > > digitization for me is just a reference, I had stopped making a contact > > > sheet and I'm going to do it again because it teaches you how the copy > > will > > > turn out and also about the exposure values in relation to development. > > The > > > digitized photo allows greater correctable tolerance when editing, a > > > negative requires greater accuracy. Thanks anyway and I will try to > take > > > more care in some details such as the margins. > > > > > > Regarding the shot, it is difficult to reach the so-called decisive > > > moment, on many occasions you have to choose whether to take the photo > at > > > that moment or lose the image completely, I try to preserve the image > > > despite imperfections. > > > > > > Regarding cropping, I think it is an old discussion, in general I don't > > > like to practice big cropping, only small adjustments. There is a great > > > influence between what the photographer has seen when taking the image > > and > > > what has awakened his emotion and what the viewer sees. It is very > > > important to me to be as close as possible to the image initially seen, > > > which is what motivated me to take the photo, and a cropped image does > > not > > > always reflect what subjectively caught my attention. Another thing is > > > different if that image It may have seemed interesting to me, it is > > > actually a mistake. > > > > > > Thank you again for your constructive comments that raise great topics > of > > > discussion that it is not easy for me to follow in a language that is > not > > > my own and that I need to use an automatic translator. > > > > > > Cheers > > > Lluis > > > > > > > > > > El 27 maig 2024, a les 5:59, Alan Magayne-Roshak via LUG < > > > lug at leica-users.org> va escriure: > > > > > > > > On Mon, 27 May 2024 Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > > > >> These are nice, but a few are spoiled, IMHO, by extraneous objects > > > >> intruding on the margins. I would think that either cropping the > > > frame, or > > > >> them and cleaning them up would work wonders, after which you > > > >> can always print out a digital negative for darkroom printing. > > > Airbrushing > > > >> has been a staple of the photographer's toolkit since the dawn of > > Ansel > > > >> Adams, so there is no need to wring one's hands at the faithlessness > > of > > > it > > > >> all! :-) > > > > > > > >> Cheers > > > >> Jayanand > > > > ==================================================================== > > > > I totally agree. Lluis, you take wonderful pictures, but sometimes > the > > > > moment happens > > > > before all is sorted out. One thing I stressed when I taught a > > continuing > > > > education course > > > > was (as much as possible) check the edges of the frame before > tripping > > > the > > > > shutter, but > > > > there was no shame in cropping. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Alan > > > > > > > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > > > > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services > > > > (Retired) > > > > UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978 > > > > UPAA Master of the Profession 2014 > > > > amagayneroshak at gmail.com > > > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/> > > > > > > > > "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate > > > > for an inability to notice. 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