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Subject: [Leica] ***SPAM*** IMG: Dawn Memories
From: tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 16:56:44 -0700
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Hi Tina,

Technical wise I have no idea what's causing the effect because I've never 
given one twit of technical thought about photography! I just enjoy my 
photographic love affair without question! :-) :-) HOWEVER? :-) 

1/ It kind of doesn't look sharp?
2/ If you kind of move your head about while looking at the screen it looks 
sharp sort of when you kind of angle your head to screen..
3/It looks like it's sharp but blown - up a zillion times shot on ASA 1O 
film.
4/Looking through the four sizes none of them seem to have what I'd call a 
sharp Leica edge line anywhere. All edges seem to have a tiny bit of a glow. 
Which appears to remove sharpness.
5/ My first re-action was it was taken through one of those lenses that 
nothing is ever sharp-sharp. It's the kind, one of the old time photogs used 
on green peppers & people got wet pants with excitement when used! They look 
kind of sharp. But? Looked kind of just off the super-sharp edge.
6/ Never mind all the various computer screens..... Run off a 13X19 full 
frame B&W print. Then come back and tell us what it looks like?

Certainly an interesting effect. But it has absolutely nothing to do with 
whether you focused the lens properly. And if this is the "ONLY FRAME YOU 
SEE IT ON????????????????" Don't sweat it! Write it off as some kind of 
ATMOSPHERE situation." :-)

Life is too short knocking yourself out over one ordinary image. Neither is 
wasting the time typing all the e-mails back and forth.

Just go and sit down, pour yourself a nice single malt and smile while 
enjoying all the thoughts of the hundreds, nay, thousands of amazing CUBA 
photos you came home with!  Now don't you feel better? NO! NO! Don't let 
another thought about whatever this is enter your thoughts! And forget 
"curiosity I just want to know???."

Like, it just isn't worth all the time you and others have & are putting on 
the screen. Sure folks curiosity want to know  what made this effect. Good 
for them. BUT? It's all over one frame of thousands you exposed?

I'm right! MAKE ONE 13x19 B&W PRINT! GAME AND ANSWER, it's OVER! :-) Because 
in print form it's going to look just fine as a print! And that my dear lady 
is all that matters in the end! Besides all your other photos completely 
over ride all this!!! :-)

cheers,
Dr. ted



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