[Leica] OT: D3x vs. 'Blad CFV 16MP full sized samples

[imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)]

;~)

If we're going to toss out theory and scientific method;

then let us actually name this
"so and so famous photographer
gallery up the street
in which city"

and then discuss his or her actual equipment and work flow

;~)

Regards,
George Lottermoser
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On Jun 1, 2009, at 3:55 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote:

> In theory
> A not so nice sounding thing.
> In practice
> Its the reality of how things are done.
> Somebody says "So and so famous photographer has his prints up at the
> gallery up the street they're selling for 3 grand each" how were  
> they made?
> If they were digital which is extremely likely they were made with  
> anti
> aliisly filters in front of his sensor. And they are glowing sharp  
> as hell
> on the wall. And nobody's saying "gee those raw files would have been
> inherently sharper with no later sharpening if he didn't use an anti
> aliasing filter over his sensor". That's just not part of the  
> conversation
>  as people are being knocked over dead by the wonderfulllness of  
> the prints.
> Nobodies saying "see this amazing detail? Its not really there its  
> MADE UP
> by the sharpening software LATER".
>
> People are making really amazing images nowadays. Better then they  
> ever did
> in the film days. The workflows they use are not catastrophically  
> flawed. Or
> somebody would be saying something about the results.
>
>
> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
>
>> From: George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com>
>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 22:36:50 -0500
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: D3x vs. 'Blad CFV 16MP full sized samples
>>
>> and i would theorize
>> that the more AA applied
>> the more sharpening needed
>> the less "real" fine detail
>> and the more "invented" fine detail.
>
>
>
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