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Subject: Re[4]: [Leica] Digital Leica?
From: Sonny Carter <sonc@sonc.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 11:16:58 -0600
References: <200311201612.hAKGCiQd087654@mxsf09.cluster1.charter.net>

   Slobodan wrote:

   SD> Not bad. 
SD> How about in broad daylight?
SD> Slobodan Dimitrov

Since the LC5 only goes to 1/500th, it won't deliver wide open in broad daylight; all highlights blow.  I don't have an ND with me, so I can't give it much of a try.  If it does work out, I'll post something.

The new LC1 coming goes to 1/2000th, and that is why I am eager to see it.

SonC

SD> ----------
>>From: Sonny Carter <sonc@sonc.com>
>>To: Slobodan Dimitrov <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>>Subject: Re[2]: [Leica] Digital Leica?
>>Date: Wed, Nov 19, 2003, 9:31 PM
>>

>> Slobodan sez:,
>>
>>
>> SD> Speaking of which, anyone out there have any samples of digital shots at
SD> 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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In reply to: Message from "Slobodan Dimitrov" <s.dimitrov@charter.net> (Re: Re[2]: [Leica] Digital Leica?)