Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]BD, if you don't believe that Leica optics bring any value to photography, why do you bother to use them at all? - ----- Original Message ----- From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 9:38 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] More digital comments > Whatevah!:-)(Wonder if the large, red, script L in the corner of each > Leica slide helped you make your picks!:-) ) > > Best > B. D. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of John > Collier > Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 12:02 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] More digital comments > > > As you all know, I am a die-hard slide user; and, amazingly enough, my > family and friends like slide shows. YMMV. Last night a friend was over > showing slides from Easter Island and in the mix were a few b&w digital > images. He used a Canon G3 in raw mode which were converted to TIFFs > and then outputted to slides. What can I say, I was impressed. They > were not good but they weren't bloody awful either -- remember these > are enlarged to 4 feet by 6 feet. Images with large elements and not > too much fine detail looked OK even good. Images with lots of fine > detail came off as somewhat fuzzy. > > I am not about to rush out and switch to digital but possibly the > technology only has to improve through a couple more generations before > it would give pretty good results; maybe even excellent results. As > those of you who push a lot of film through your cameras know, Leicas > look cheap compared to film and processing bills. Now all we need is a > good digital camera with a M viewfinder! Please!! > > John Collier > > PS: As an overall impression, comparing the same slide film but not > locations or photographer, I thought that Leica images looked better. > Sorry for throwing that into the pot BD... > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html