Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard With all that manipulation, its too bad that you did not size the photo so it could be seen without scrolling. Jerry "Richard F. Man" wrote: > Not digital bashing as I will probably pick one up some times next year. > Not digital worshipping either as I don't have one and just spent some $$$ > or an M6 and a Noct'. > > Anyway, some interesting experiments this last weekend. We have some > costuming friends came by and took some shots outdoor in the park, and then > I set up the Studio flash setup in the house and shot some more pictures. A > friend was shooting the indoor flash pics with his Canon D60. He tends to > only shoot at around 2000x1300 (~2.5 MP) instead of the full 6MP since he > doesn't normally print them out. For this shoot, I used Astia 100F, and as > usual, I bulk scanned them (all 7 rolls) at around 2200x1400 resolution and > then down sampled them for web. If someone wants a print, I rescan them at > the full 4000dpi and print. > > Interesting things: first of all, the D60 color is more saturated (which is > what he set it up for), and more importantly, more accurate. The NikonScan > software tends to add blue when scanning but even looking at the slides > themselves, Astia 100F does not have the "punch" and some of the accuracy. > Second, the difference with the details are pretty amazing. For example: > http://www.dmk26.net/tmp/IMG_0485.JPG > vs. > http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/tony/IMG018.jpg > > I did some minor USM sharpening for the web presentation (and a little > unsharpening is always needed since I have ICE dust removal on), but it's > not just sharper, but more details. We checked a few other pictures and the > difference in the detail is consistent between the 2 cameras (actually 3 as > I used both the M6 with the VC 75/2.5 and M7 w/ Summicron 50). I didn't use > the 90/2 AA indoor since the flash sync is only 1/50 and I wasn't sure I > get good result with the 90/2 because of that, but no doubt the difference > is there too. He used a Canon 50/1.8 prime, which is about 80 mm equivalent > on the D60. Since most 50mm lens are excellent, I think the difference in > details is probably due to the resolution difference with the film vs. > digital sensor. > > Now even though our resolutions are similar to start with, the fact that he > did not use full 6MP may have an effect. It would be interesting to do some > comparison using full 6Mp resolution. We plan to do that at some pints in > the future. > > // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please > use richard@imagecraft.com) > > -- > 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