Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]For some time the figure of 40 lp/mm has been used as a typical maximum achievable through hand held photography. Question: Has this actually been verified by through consistent and repeated tests? IS 40lp the consistent maximum a hand held camera can achieve? Certainly there are occasions where hand held photography DOES exceed this level...indeed the level of resolving power of any current lens. Can we say that a hand held photo shot on an R8 on 100 speed TMAX developed in XTOL with a shutter speed of 1/2000 at F4 has maximized the the capabilities of the lens/film? Certainly these are not unreasonable conditions! Any shooter can achieve this shutter speed/aperture combination any sunny day. SO it is safe to say that maximum optical quality CAN be achieved on a regular basis (IF the conditions of enlargement are also exact). This would indicate that MANY people ARE currently experiencing this level of reproduction. If so, they will have probably have quality standards far above the 20mb level discussed. I think a good part of the controversy stirred by the "tripod" discussion is based on the feeling by many that they really DO achieve maximum available quality in their photographs (technical quality), and that telling them they did not defies their own experience. Based on the possibilities of Leica lenses used at very high shutter speeds I would say that they are many times correct. Best wishes Dan States Madison WI _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.