Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric Nothing was mentioned about sterile labs. Carrying your suggestion to a logical end might prove unsettling for many M8 owners. What if the Nikkormat with a 50mm f2.0 provided a better finished product than your M8? Think there is a chance of that happening? Adobe Photoshop could possibly make my old F3 look better than your new M8. :-) We ought to try this just for the heck of it. Walt >Walt: > > > >>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. >> >> > >I'm less concerned how cameras perform in a sterile lab, and more interested >in what results experts can obtain. > >Would you test screws vs. nails by hammering both in? > >I'd be interested to see differences in finished prints. Using whatever >techniques are available to sharpen, reduce vignetting, and/or reduce noise. >Whatever is available is fair game. I don't care about 100% pixel views. I >care about how an 11x14 print looks from normal viewing distance. > >I don't care about the sharpness of bricks or how many black and white lines >can be resolved. > > > >-- >Eric >http://canid.com/ > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >