Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Here's an interesting and relatively current piece for those still interested in this thread the search for acuity and solidity in photographic images <http://www.josephholmes.com/news-sharpmediumformat.html> also some aesthetically fine photography <http://www.josephholmes.com/gallery01.html> The matters under discussion here have both technical and aesthetic implications Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On May 30, 2009, at 12:02 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > Doug, George, > Whatever the reason may be. They are not likely to see it either in > the near future, and I doubt whether the great majority care . They > would throw a fit if black was rendered as magenta, though. I would > say that 90-95% of the market at the very least want great shots out > of the camera, and could not be bothered with post processing. So they > want and need a AA filter. I am a mechanically useless fellow, and I > found changing the AA filter for an IR filter in the Nikon D70 not > very difficult. If so, at least the slightly enlightened photographers > would have tried removing the AA filter on their Nikons and Canons. > That they have not in any great degree that I have heard of means they > want it. > > Meanwhile enjoy your DMRs and M8s, and just feel sorry for what 99.99% > of the market is missing (-: ..... > > Cheers > Jayanand > > > On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 10:13 PM, Doug Herr > <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: >> Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: >> >>> Tina, >>> Maybe because 99.99% of the market wants it that way... >>> Cheers >>> Jayanand >>> >>> >>>> Ah hah! Very enlightening. I don't understand why lack of >>>> moire is more >>>> important than detail to the manufacturers who included the AA >>>> filter. >>>> >>>> Tina >>> >> >> Or because 99.99% of the market has never seen it the other way. >> >> Doug Herr >> Birdman of Sacramento >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information