Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug Wouldn't it seem reasonable to test machines under the same conditions to evaluate their performance. We could hand one PS oriented shooter a Nikkormat and a less gifted one an M8. Not too valid a procedure for checking camera capabilities. What you've suggested holds true for film and software but not equipment. Walt Douglas Herr wrote: > > On Dec 7, 2006, at 5:15 AM, Tina Manley wrote: > >> I wanted to see the unmanipulated results from each camera. I did >> say I wasn't sure what that would prove since all digital photos >> require some adjusting - white balance, sharpening, noise removal - >> whatever. I didn't want to test the conversion software. > > > IMHO before a slam-dunk is declared (as many of us are very willing to > do) each of the RAW files made under a variety of conditions should be > optimized using the software that best suits the file. After all we > don't declare a slam-dunk for a particular B&W film when all films are > processed in the same developer for the same time; we optimize each > film's development and decide under what conditions each > film/developer combination produces the effect we're looking for. The > same should be done with digital RAW files. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >