Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Austin, I don't mean Leica wow. Sure, the more I look at the images the more I can see the flaws. I reacted to the (relative to other things I see) color, detail and to some degree a lack of digital "flatness" or "malaise." They stood out favorably to me at first look. By these Foveon images, I get the sense of where digital is heading - not there yet of course. Mind, if the Foveons are WOW, then Leica images are "I can die content now..." <g> Cheers, Jeffrey - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 2:56 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] Foveon > Jeffrey, > > This is a difficult thing to do on the web. You're looking at 96DPI web > images...which is really not that conducive to most aspects of image > comparison, except, obviously, composition. It's hard to tell if the faults > with the images I looked at are the fault of the camera, the camera > operator, file format, or post processing of the images. On 0032mp.jpg, the > shadows are completely blocked. Don't get me wrong, these are OK images, > but they do have faults, and the source of the faults is important if you > are evaluating these images compared to film. This is why I like to do any > image analysis like this with raw images...but with the Foveon, you can't, > as they decided to make up their own special raw file format. Possibly, it > may be able to put out uncompressed TIFF files, but I haven't seen anyone > post any. > > Serious question, and not meant in any way, shape or form to be > demeaning...but why are you shooting with a Leica if something like the > Foveon gives you (you believe, from viewing these web images) the image > quality you "want"...enough to "WOW" you? > > Regards, > > Austin > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jeffrey > > Fass > > Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 2:25 PM > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Foveon > > > > > > WOW. > > > > The binary beast is-a headin' this way. > > > > JDF > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "George Hartzell" <hartzell@kestrel.alerce.com> > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 1:36 PM > > Subject: RE: [Leica] Foveon > > > > > > > Austin Franklin writes: > > > > Hi Carl, > > > > > > > > > I've been meaning to inquire: what's the word on the > > Foveon sensors. > > Are > > > > > they living up to the hype? > > > > > > > > I don't know, there is VERY VERY little press on it, and NO full size > > > > examples, that I've been able to find. Not much of anyone > > is actually > > > > talking about it...so my guess is they are having problems > > > > delivering/releasing. > > > > > > Steve includes some full-resolution patches from some of his sample > > > images. The general page is: > > > > > > http://www.sjphoto.com/web-special/index.htm > > > > > > and the full resolution peices are > > > > > > 0024sara_detail.jpg > > > 0032mp-detail.jpg > > > > > > g. > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html