[Leica] Fuji X 100 versus Leica M9

[steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)]

On Nov 28, 2012, at 9:31 AM, "jon.streeter" <jon.streeter at cox.net> wrote:

> Thank you, Doug.  Exactly what I 
> am talking about.  A friend of mine --  who makes his living from stock, 
> Getty Images, and from royalties from a record he produced many years ago 
> -- shoots with Canons, used to shoot with Nikons, has expressed the 
> opinion that Leicas are not worth the money.  
> 
> We were discussing bokeh during his Nikon era, and he said, in response to 
> my telling him that Leica produced a more pleasing look in the 
> out-of-focus portion of the image:  "That is so not important."
> 
> The guy is a genius.  His photographs are stunnimg, breathtaking, 
> humbling...but we certainly have a different way of looking at bokeh.



if you can share his website, I'd like to take a look...

the last guy that told me that bokeh is not important, had beautiful bokeh 
in a number of his best images....

Steve



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> From: "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: [Leica] Fuji X 100 versus Leica M9
> Date: Wed, Nov 28, 2012 3:59 am
> 
> 
> Richard Man 
> 
>> 
>> Doug, I think yours is a special case. With your wild life where the fine
>> details and colors are just OMG amazing, the Leica R glass is pretty darn
>> awesome.
>> 
>> However, for most people (yes I am also aware of Tina's problems with CA
>> with her Canon lens), Leica is not a limiting factor, or the converse,
>> Leica does not make photos better. It can make a better photographer 
>> though
>> :-)
>> 
> 
> People vary (sometimes greatly) in the perceptive discrimination.
> 
> Some people perceive subtle differences between beers; some care only that 
> they get a buzz.
> 
> Some people can hear the difference between a Northern Flicker (a 
> woodpecker) and a Pileated Woodpecker; others can barely distinguish 
> between a bird's call and a squirrel's chatter.
> 
> The same differences exist in individuals' visual perception skills and 
> abilities.
> 
> I am well aware that for many people the differences between the way 
> lenses draw a picture are too subtle to distinguish, and that other 
> factors are more significant.  For others the differences between lenses 
> or sensors is glaringly obvious.
> 
> I don't presume that my perceptive skills (or lack of... ) are matched by 
> others;  the micro-brew industry is clear evidence that others perceive 
> more than I do.  Whether anyone else sees it or not, the differences 
> between the way lenses draw a picture smack me upside the head.
> 
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> 
> 
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