[Leica] Intro & question: part 2

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

For a number of years now my SLR needs have been met by Canons. At 
present I use among others a 40D. What annoys me most about it is 
that the screen at the back really doesn't help me much with how 
sharp the photo is that I just took or am taking. It always displays 
quite mushy. Yet when I take a technically decent shot, bring it into 
the computer and look at it, it's OK. It's that damned screen image!

I was very disappointed at first when I switched over from the 20D to 
the 40D, as the 20D with it's small screen actually gave a much more 
accurate impression of the shot, especially when magnified. The 
strange thing is that the 5D, and now the 5D MkII, show quite sharp 
images on playback. It just seems to be the 40D. Whenever the 60D?? 
comes out I'll have a look and if the screen on playback shows the 
scene better, I'll get it immediately.

BTW, increasing the sharpness in the menus doesn't do a thing when 
shooting RAW. I don't know and don't care about jpeg shots.



At 1:11 PM -0700 6/1/09, William D. Tallman wrote:
>Thanks to all that responded to the original post.
>
>Live View on a Canon 40D avoids all mirrors and prisms, as what one sees
>is what the sensor sees.  Manual focus at maximum magnification is
>probably somewhere close to what once would see on the monitor at full
>size.  I'm saying that because I've shot this particular scene a number
>of times, as it has a varying gradient of detail, etc, etc.
>
>With regard the AA filter:  After reading the site (Hot Rod filters...),
>and recalling various clean room protocols that I don't have, doing that
>procedure myself on a non-dedicated camera seemed foolish.  And I don't
>know that the AA filter is the cause of my complaint.
>
>Typically, that degree of sharpness requires larger format == less
>magnification, and yes, the print is the performance for which applause
>is given.  I'm going to take delivery of an Epson 3800, which means that
>large prints will be inevitable (does one regard a 16x20 print as large
>now?); I want to know what I can expect.  Mostly, I want to know what I
>need to watch for (when we know better, we can do better...) in my
>taking techniques.
>
>Thanks for reading.
>
>Bill Tallman
>
>
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