Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/24

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Digicam for a Leica photographer
From: Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 15:01:34 -0500
References: <5.2.0.9.2.20030224133550.02e0f008@mail.infoave.net>

So instead of "There are several programs that can fix that."  I should 
have said, "There are several programs that can make the image appear 
better because they remove what would appear as visual aberrations in image 
data."

Thanks, Austin!

Tina

At 05:23 PM 2/24/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi Tina,
>
> > The Digilux's greatest failing, to me, is the noise in
> > the higher
> > speeds.  There are several programs that can fix that.
>
>Er, well....hum.  "Fix" isn't really what I'd say these programs do (yes, I
>know it's a bit anal).  Fix, to me, would imply that the noise was
>corrected...as in, made correct.  That's not what happens.  Anytime you
>postprocess an image as these programs do, they more doctor than fix.  The
>"fidelity" (meaning accuracy of reproduction) of the image may in fact be no
>better, but it simply "appears" better because it removes what would appear
>as visual aberrations in image data.
>
>Kind of like dust spot removal.  You can't replace the dust spot with the
>actual image information, but you can guess at what it might have been...and
>that usually does a pretty good job.
>
>Regards,
>
>Austin
>
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