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Subject: [Leica] M9 questions (Geoff)
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (sonc.hegr at gmail.com)
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 10:00:31 -0500
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Just when did this list start worrying about the original question of a 
thread? ;-)

Sonny Carter
Sent from my iPhone

On Oct 8, 2010, at 9:27 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote:

> No argument on the advantages of shooting DNG here as we all said. However
> it is not the core issue that Scott originally described (cyan corners).
> 
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
> 
> 
> On 8 October 2010 20:45, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:
> 
>> I agree, totally!
>> 
>> 
>> Tina
>> 
>> On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 1:26 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> If you're shooting jpegs nothing really matters much it's like you just
>>> brought your pix to the cheapest drug store in the poorest neighborhood
>> and
>>> all you care about is you are saving a nickel a print for lowest common
>>> denominator snaps..
>>> While a jpeg is the worst case scenario non processing of an image you
>> can
>>> ever imagine a raw file is the neg we always dreamed about and never
>>> thought
>>> we'd ever get. A neg that gives us a second chance and with a friendly
>>> happy
>>> yet robust interface. - here you are shooting jpegs with a lens costing 4
>>> grand and a body costing I forgot how many grand!
>>> It's not a matter of "lets see now should I shoot a jpeg or a raw?" you
>> set
>>> it on raw and forget about it.
>>> 
>>> If you ever shoot a job where the deadline is a half hour before you even
>>> shoot the picture and you are going to email the pix to the paper from
>> the
>>> nearest starbucks shoot a jpeg. Though if it was me I'd still not do it.
>>> On the long shot a jpeg is an insult to your gear and a waste of time.
>>> 
>>> --------------------
>>> Mark William Rabiner
>>> Photography
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
>>> mark at rabinergroup.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> From: Scott Gregory <s_gregory1 at mac.com>
>>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>>> Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2010 02:53:39 +0000 (GMT)
>>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] M9 questions (Geoff)
>>>> 
>>>> Geoff:
>>>> 
>>>> Yes, thanks this is a Leica 21 ASPH.
>>>> 
>>>> I did have a uv/ir on and then removed and shot again with same
>> results.
>>> But
>>>> again was JPEG.
>>>> 
>>>> I will try Raw and see what happens. And I have not loaded the new
>>> firmware
>>>> yet, which I will have to do as well.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> 
>>>> Scott
>>>> 
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>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Tina Manley, ASMP
>> www.tinamanley.com
>> 
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