Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There may be other variables at play, for example the lenses you are using. In any event, the respective sample sizes do not allow for drawing statistically meaningful conclusions yet. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 22 Apr 2016, at 23:20, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> wrote: > > Peter > > I am fairly convinced it is a problem with the sensors which are different > to others, and a problem with sharpening the images. > > Gerry > >> On 22 Apr 2016, at 22:11, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> wrote: >> >> Gerry, >> >> Do you have, or can you get, any indication of what the difference is. It >> seems >> that there are so many variables, perhaps the cameras/sensors, perhaps the >> editors, perhaps... >> >> Anyway I am glad that you are getting the images accepted again, >> >> Peter >> >> On 22/04/2016 19:40, Gerry Walden wrote: >>> As most of you will know i was a Fuji X-World photographer shooting with >>> two X-Pro1s and a variety of lenses, and I was fairly happy. However in >>> July last year I moved back to Leica after about 13 years and purchased >>> a used M9. I had shot with Leica Ms for many years but changed when I >>> made the decision to go digital, and Leica simply did not have a digital >>> body, and appeared to have no intention of producing one. It cost me a >>> lot of money to switch back but I was rapidly approaching 70 and decided >>> if I couldn?t have what I wanted at my age it was a sad world! >>> >>> I have submitted to Alamy for many years, and have around 4,000 images >>> with them. I am always very careful about quality when I submit because >>> they are pretty fussy, but I found that I was only getting about a 50% >>> acceptance rate with the Fuji cameras, and could never work out why. The >>> images looked fine to me on the screen. It was a real problem. >>> >>> I have now made 17 submissions using Leica images, and have not had a >>> single failure! That makes the change really worthwhile. Others will say >>> ?Of course, you should have known? but I would never have thought it >>> would be that obvious! >>> >>> Gerry >>> >>> >>> Gerry Walden LRPS >>> www.gwpics.com >>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or >>> +44 (0)797 287 7932 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> -- >> >> =========================================================== >> Dr Peter Dzwig >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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