Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]heh heh interesting contributions from everybody! I will make some remarks tomorrow but give a few more hours for anyone to chip in who wants to. I wasn't expecting people to look at the other pix but hey. I think I actually got the lens length wrong.... it was a 50 not a 90/85, but the rest remains the same. So keep the opinions coming... any other bright sparks want to chip in? On Wednesday, August 20, 2003, at 11:12 PM, Todd Deutsch wrote: > Pardon the sudden intrusion. I usually lurk at a safe distance but I > just > got home after hanging some work and I feel sort of lucky. At first I > thought I was looking at scanned film. The shadows remind me of the > grainy > junk that I fight with in my own scans. However, after clicking on the > image and bringing up the next photo (is this cheating?), I noticed the > refresh/ scan lines on the monitor behind you are dead horizontal. > Every > lugger knows that a horizontally travelling cloth shutter curtain > (such as > that found on the M$-P) renders refresh lines as distinctly diagonal > <g>. > Assuming the same camera made both pics, I got to go with the Canon. > Glad > you raised the challenge. Now, bring- it- on! > > -Todd Deutsch > http://www.todddeutsch.com > >> >> I had to have some pictures taken of myself recently. I just got the >> TIFF files. I thought the photographer did quite a nice job >> considering >> his unphotogenic subject. >> >> What I want to know is: was the camera he used a Leica, or a digital >> SLR? >> >> In fact I'll be even more specific... it was either >> >> 1. Leica M4-P with 90mm Summicron on Agfa APX 400 scanned on an Imacon >> 2. Canon 1Ds with EF 85mm f/1.8 >> >> There will be a prize, although I have no idea what, for the >> best-argued correct answer. >> >> Here's the picture. I've made it nice and big so you can have a good >> look at it. >> >> http://www.johnbrownlow.com/icom/source/icom13.html >> >> Steve LeHuray is not allowed to enter this competition. >> >> (There is actually a very very very simple way to tell, but if you >> know >> what it is, do yourself a favor and judge the image as an image before >> peeking - and no, that answer won't win the competition). >> >> >> >> -- >> John Brownlow >> >> http://www.pinkheadedbug.com >> http://www.unintended-consequences.com >> > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > - -- John Brownlow pictures: http://www.pinkheadedbug.com warblog: http://www.unintended-consequences.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html