Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/08

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Subject: [Leica] M9 questions (Geoff)
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 06:45:18 -0400
References: <babd12f7-3703-cafb-db38-e99e80494f02@me.com> <C8D423AC.4B17%mark@rabinergroup.com>

I agree, totally!


Tina

On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 1:26 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
wrote:

> If you're shooting jpegs nothing really matters much it's like you just
> brought your pix to the cheapest drug store in the poorest neighborhood and
> all you care about is you are saving a nickel a print for lowest common
> denominator snaps..
> While a jpeg is the worst case scenario non processing of an image you can
> ever imagine a raw file is the neg we always dreamed about and never
> thought
> we'd ever get. A neg that gives us a second chance and with a friendly
> happy
> yet robust interface. - here you are shooting jpegs with a lens costing 4
> grand and a body costing I forgot how many grand!
> It's not a matter of "lets see now should I shoot a jpeg or a raw?" you set
> it on raw and forget about it.
>
> If you ever shoot a job where the deadline is a half hour before you even
> shoot the picture and you are going to email the pix to the paper from the
> nearest starbucks shoot a jpeg. Though if it was me I'd still not do it.
> On the long shot a jpeg is an insult to your gear and a waste of time.
>
> --------------------
> Mark William Rabiner
> Photography
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
> mark at rabinergroup.com
>
>
> > From: Scott Gregory <s_gregory1 at mac.com>
> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2010 02:53:39 +0000 (GMT)
> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] M9 questions (Geoff)
> >
> > Geoff:
> >
> > Yes, thanks this is a Leica 21 ASPH.
> >
> > I did have a uv/ir on and then removed and shot again with same results.
> But
> > again was JPEG.
> >
> > I will try Raw and see what happens. And I have not loaded the new
> firmware
> > yet, which I will have to do as well.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Scott
> >
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-- 
Tina Manley, ASMP
www.tinamanley.com


Replies: Reply from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] M9 questions (Geoff))
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