RE: [Leica] the 90% rule-long, rambling BS from Walt

["Gerd Heuser" <dr.heuser@gmx.net>]

Simon,

though it is a little bit tricky to estimate those effects when viewing jpgs
(sharpening also accentuates the jpg artefacts) - the pictures are
oustanding anyway.
It took a little time to find the link, but the other pictures are
impressive, too.
I like the smooth change from crisp sharpness to unsharpness dissolving
details into soft colour.

Gerd

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Simon Lamb
> Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 8:23 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] the 90% rule-long, rambling BS from Walt
>
>
> Gerd
>
> I agree that labs do sometimes sharpen wihtout being asked.  Here is a
> picture I scanned fro the neg:
>
> http://www.sclamb.com/contaxn1/MakroSonnar/lillie.jpg
>
> Here is the eye details:
>
> Unsharpened:
> http://www.sclamb.com/contaxn1/MakroSonnar/Unsharpened%20Eye.jpg
>
> Sharpened a little:
> http://www.sclamb.com/contaxn1/MakroSonnar/Sharpened%20Eye.jpg
>
> As someone said, one look at an image and you know you have a good lens.
> Not exactly on topic for Leica, but I am sure the 100mm Leica macro is
> excellent and that it's excellence is immediately obvious.
>
> Simon
>
> Gerd Heuser wrote:
>
> > Nowadays it is sometimes a little bit confusing. Since modern minilabs
> like
> > the Fuji Frontier use digital techniques and sharpen the images before
> > printing the differences disappear to a certain extent. It happens quite
> > often now that an owner of a cheap compact camera says: "Why use a Leica
> > when the results are comparable?" And the Fuji prints up to 8 x 11.5 (as
> to
> > my knowledge)
> >
> > Gerd
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > I just discovered the same thing this week with the new Zeiss 100mm
> f/2.8
> > > Makro Sonnar.  One look at the prints and you know you have a
> > > special lens.
> > >
> > > Simon
> > >
> > > Robert Browne wrote:
> > > >
> > > > There are times when the lens quality is so obvious that the viewer
> will
> > > notice a difference. The first time this happened to me is when I
> > > started to
> > > use the R system and I used a 100mm f4 macro and APX 25 to shoot black
> and
> > > white portraits for a client. When I picked up the finished
> prints from
> my
> > > printer his first comment to me was to ask what lens I was using. He
> said
> > > they were the sharpest prints he had ever seen from 35mm. In
> > > lenses the law
> > > of diminishing returns sets in pretty quickly, but sometimes the
> > > difference
> > > is worth it.
> > > >
> > >
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