Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/10/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Le 14 oct. 12 ? 18:36, tedgrant at shaw.ca a ?crit : > John McMaster OFFERED along with a few others: > Subject: Re: [Leica] More LR / Monochrom oddities..... > > >> Indeed, EXIF data shows up in M9info.... > > Hi Guys, > > Don't take me as being a smart ass! I am working on a paper about > all the techie stuff of today, cameras of all kinds and levels, > megabytes, computers and apps and whatever else "fixie up things" we > discuss here regarding Photo equipment and connected items through > electronics. > > But "when you are talking about? EXIF and camera to camera, > computers etc.?" Does it really make any difference in the quality > of the content of the captured moment? In other words? Does the > photographer knowing and finding out things appear to be different > camera to camera, although similar models???????? Make the content > and composition of the photograph better? Or worse? > > And if a photographer owns one of these new cameras and doesn't know > anything about all the technical aspects you lads discuss. Are his/ > her pictures going to be good, bad or ugly because he/she doesn't > have a clue what an EXIF is? Or most of the other points you find > and discuss? > > I suppose what I'm trying to determine is....... "if one pop's 8-9 > grand for a camera should you lads be finding these anomalies? > Possibly indicating something isn't correct after putting down $10 > grand including taxes? > > And knowing all this stuff? Does it make one a "better photographer > at capturing the magical moment?" > > I suppose one might ask? "Would Cartier Bresson have been a better > photographer if he knew he had all this new technical bits and > pieces in his Leica?" > Probably not dear Uncle Ted, but he was not his own tireur, which makes a difference IMHO. We're all dealing with the whole process chain nowadays, and a little help from more techny friends may help, even if it is not what most of us care for ... Hope you're well my friend. I'll be visiting Lluis later this month and plan to show Alice the place where the 'Room where we lost Ted' episode took place - so fond memories of wonderful friendship there. Amiti?s Philippe in Metz > thank you. > > cheers, > Dr. ted > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> >> I just upgraded to LR4.2 and the new SFX Pro today, and I have >> noticed these strangenesses too. Functionally it doesn't make much >> difference, but it is baffling as to what has changed that has >> facilitated these observed effects. >> >> Marty >> >> >> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 3:23 PM, John McMaster >> <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: >>> On LR 4.1 it would show the 6-bit lens info on individual photos >>> but not in group metadata at the top. It also never showed the >>> estimated aperture in individual photos like it does with the M9. >>> >>> Since upgrading to 4.2 (Mac) I see that the group metadata at the >>> top now includes lenses used since the upgrade (as well as some >>> earlier photos that I took to SFX to edit!). All the other photos >>> are not lens summarised at the top and the estimated aperture is >>> still not shown individually... >>> >>> john >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information