Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/03/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> On Mar 14, 2017, at 4:47 PM, Bill Pearce <billcpearce at cox.net> wrote: > > Sharpness is highly overrated. > > -----Original Message----- From: George Lottermoser > Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2017 4:36 PM > To: Group Users Leica > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMGS: Not Sharp > > >> On Mar 11, 2017, at 10:28 AM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: >> >> Sorry mate that's not the answer!!!!!! :-) >> You keep shooting it until you get it right! That's why we are >> professionals >> and doing it correctly may mean putting bread and butter on your food >> table? >> And future assignments? >> cheers, >> Dr. ted :-) > > and that?s the damn truth of the matter Sharpness ?can be? highly overrated when motion blur, or other ?unsharp? effects are sought to enhance the purposes of the ?professional? photographer. Yet when ?unsharp? is simply the result of not getting it ?right? because the swishy pan was improperly executed; and/or focus was simply missed; and/or any number of other technical and stylistic errors occur well then ?unsharpness? can become ?highly overrated.? ;~) Regards, George Lottermoser http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist