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Subject: [Leica] OT: D3x vs. 'Blad CFV 16MP full sized samples
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 08:21:12 +0530
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I still don't see how it makes a difference to the final product, i.e.
the output in any form. We are discussing negatives here, to use a
film analogy. This, to my mind is a meaningless discussion, like whose
negatives are better, Adams or Weston?
Cheers
Jayanand

On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 8:07 AM, Thein Onn Ming <mingthein at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> That is what I have to do to get the same amount of perceived sharpness (at
> least to my eyes).
>
> It doesn't matter at all for the final print.
>
> But it is a good illustration of how much inherently sharper a non-AA 
> camera
> (the M8) is than the best of the AA cameras (arguably, the D3) straight out
> of the box with sharpening set to zero in ACR defaults.
>
> On Jun 1, 2009, at 10:30 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
>
>> Ming,
>> Why should that make a difference, or matter at all? After all all of
>> us have our own preferences on how sharp a print should look. Are both
>> prints good, and artifact free at the end of the process? That is all
>> that should matter!
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 7:41 AM, Thein Onn Ming <mingthein at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I still sharpen the M8, but not very much - typically something like
>>> 100/0.3/0 using PS CS3 smart sharpen, as opposed to 200/0.4/0 and then
>>> another pass of 100/0.2/0 with the D3's output. Quite a big difference...
>>>
>>
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Replies: Reply from mingthein at gmail.com (Thein Onn Ming) ([Leica] OT: D3x vs. 'Blad CFV 16MP full sized samples)
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