Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]David, I've only received Vol 39 number 1 and 2 this year. Am I missing some issues? Which number is your review in? Len On Dec 3, 2006, at 10:22 AM, David Young wrote: > Scott wrote (in part): > >> I was really amazed at a large print on display taken with the >> M8. It was I believe 20 x 30 or larger and it was superb. > > > Scott, Mark et al: > > I took several prints to the recent LHSA convention in Wetzlar. > They were all 8x12", for that was the largest size I could > conveniently carry in my luggage. One was a full frame print, the > other was a center section, cropped such that a full size print, at > that degree of enlargement, would have been 32x48" The sharpness, > detail and freedom from noise [grain?] was spectacular. > > These photos (the crop is the inset) can be seen on page 13 of the > current LHSA viewfinder. If you're not an LHSA member, my M8 > review, which contains the shots, can be downloaded, as a pdf file, > at http://www.telyt.50megs.com/pdf/M8_LHSA_review.pdf (1.3mb) > (Sorry, TinyURL was giving an "internal server error" when I wrote > this, so no tiny URL!) > > Yes, the ability of the M8 to make large, stunning prints, is quite > amazing. Like the DM-R, the M8 has no AA filter, and thus can > resolve fine detail that is missed by otherwise very good cameras, > often with many more pixels. For me, the problem with it's IR > sensitivity is far outweighed by the advantages the camera offers. > It is capable of producing absolutely spectacular photographs... > and that's what counts! > > Cheers! > > > > --- > > David Young, > Logan Lake, CANADA > > Wildlife Photographs: http://www.telyt.com/ > Personal Web-pages: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information