Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/19

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Subject: Re[2]: [Leica] Digital Leica?
From: Sonny Carter <sonc@sonc.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 21:31:44 -0800
References: <200311200215.hAK2F4TZ086419@mxsf22.cluster1.charter.net>

Slobodan sez:,


SD> Speaking of which, anyone out there have any samples of digital shots at F2?
SD> Slobodan Dimitrov

well, not at f2. but f2.2  from my Panasonic lika Leica LC5

            http://www.sonc.com/ladoris.htm
            http://www.sonc.com/napoleon.htm
            http://www.sonc.com/wannabe.htm
            http://www.sonc.com/oaks_fog.htm
            http://www.sonc.com/band_girl.htm
            http://www.sonc.com/kaffie_at_night.htm

            Regards,
            SonC


            

SD> ----------
>>From: Roy Zartarian <rzartarian@snet.net>
>>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>>Subject: Re: [Leica] Digital Leica?
>>Date: Wed, Nov 19, 2003, 5:24 PM
>>

>> That particular characteristic of the digital camera struck home last
>> summer when I was looking through the online portfolio of photos of a
>> wedding I had attended.  The pictures - especially the outdoor formals
>> -  just didn't look right with the background shrubbery in focus.
>>
>> One labor-intensive way to deal with this is the selective application
>> of Gaussian blur.  My attempt at at better bokeh through the blur is at:
>> http://www.royzart.com/blur.html
>> The picture, done with a Lumix,  comes from the reception of the third
>> wedding I've attended this year.  I understand that it has now become a
>> custom for a bride to dance with her mother.
>>
>> Roy
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, November 19, 2003, at 06:52  PM, Ted Grant wrote:
>>
>>>> At 02:04 PM 11/19/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>>>>>> Looks like what I want, but I still want head-up info - and PLEASE
>>>>>> can
>>>>>> we have a minimum stop smaller than f11.<<<<
>>>>>
>>>>> Peter,
>>>>> Why?
>>>>> ted
>>>
>>> Tina Manley responded:
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Digital Leica?
>>>> Right!  Incredible depth of field is considered a problem for people
>>>> who
>>>> like bokeh ;-)   One of the drawbacks of digital is that everything
>>>> is in
>>>> focus!<<<
>>>
>>> Hi Tina,
>>> Some of the digi stuff I've been playing with has such a deep depth of
>>> field
>>> it's a pain in the butt because you can't get anything out of focus
>>> even
>>> when wide open. Nor can you get the same kind of film separation of
>>> subject
>>> from back ground. So I don't understand why Peter would want a smaller
>>> aperture and what it would be required for.
>>>
>>> You sure can't get that at f 1.0 Noctilux look! ;-)
>>>
>>> ted
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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