RE: [Leica] The limit of DSLR resolution...

["Kit McChesney" <kitmc@acmefoto.com>]

Jerry--

Did it ever occur to you that your computer may be set to a different
resolution than the standard, and that it could be your own view that needs
to be resized? ;-)

Kit

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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Jerry Lehrer
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 10:03 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] The limit of DSLR resolution...

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)
>
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