Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yeah, Tina, I know.... The best I can offer is to put "fix" in quotes. It's a sign of the times...when "is" isn't "is" any more, and "fix" isn't "fix" any more. ;-) > So instead of "There are several programs that can fix that." I should > have said, "There are several programs that can make the image appear > better because they remove what would appear as visual > aberrations in image > data." > > Thanks, Austin! > > Tina > > At 05:23 PM 2/24/2003 -0500, you wrote: > >Hi Tina, > > > > > The Digilux's greatest failing, to me, is the noise in > > > the higher > > > speeds. There are several programs that can fix that. > > > >Er, well....hum. "Fix" isn't really what I'd say these programs > do (yes, I > >know it's a bit anal). Fix, to me, would imply that the noise was > >corrected...as in, made correct. That's not what happens. Anytime you > >postprocess an image as these programs do, they more doctor than > fix. The > >"fidelity" (meaning accuracy of reproduction) of the image may > in fact be no > >better, but it simply "appears" better because it removes what > would appear > >as visual aberrations in image data. > > > >Kind of like dust spot removal. You can't replace the dust spot with the > >actual image information, but you can guess at what it might > have been...and > >that usually does a pretty good job. > > > >Regards, > > > >Austin - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html