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Subject: [Leica] A non-scientific comparison of the E3 and M8u
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 13:57:00 -0800
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On Jan 23, 2010, at 1:45 PM, Bob Adler wrote:

> 'Round these parts, that distance is closer than you might think!


I know what you mean,

in some cases a LOT closer...

Steve



> ;-)
> Bob Adler
> Palo Alto, CA
> http://www.rgaphoto.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com>
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Sat, January 23, 2010 1:35:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] A non-scientific comparison of the E3 and M8u
> 
> 
> On Jan 23, 2010, at 1:19 PM, Richard Man wrote:
> 
>> Wait a minute, I don;t understand. Are you saying that you can easily
>> pick up which ones are which?
>> 
>> Look, my point is simply that for my purpose, I am as happy about my
>> E-3 pics as my M8u pics
> 
> conditions are not demanding enough to see a difference, between E3, M8, 
> or even an iphone...
> 
> (but so what....)
> 
> a relevant question really is ...what is your purpose ?
> 
> Remember that from a certain distance, you can't tell the difference 
> between boys and girls....
> 
> does that mean there is no difference?
> 
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> 
>> , and a number of people say that the Leica
>> pics are obviously, intrinsically, better.
>> 
>> So here's a set of photos, which ones are which and are the Leica
>> intrinsically better?
>> 
>> On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 8:08 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at 
>> gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Jan 23, 2010, at 12:40 AM, Richard Man wrote:
>>> 
>>>> OK, I just cropped everything to 4x3 proportion for now. Enjoy!
>>>> 
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/richardman/E3M8BakeOff
>>> 
>>> 
>>> gosh Richard,
>>> 
>>> not only is this "demonstration" not scientific as you say, it's not up 
>>> to the task...
>>> 
>>> so which ones are from your iphone?
>>> 
>>> joking, just joking.....
>>> 
>>> 
>>> you are simply proving that we all see what we want to see....
>>> 
>>> serious....
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com
>> // w: http://www.imagecraft.com/pub/Portfolio09/ blog:
>> http://rfman.wordpress.com
>> // book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/745963
>> 
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