Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gee, now I understand. :-) Sam - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Tina Manley Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 2:02 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] Digicam for a Leica photographer 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 Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.tinamanley.com photos available from: http://www.pdiphotos.com http://www.mira.com http://www.agpix.com http://www.newscom.com - -- 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