[Leica] Intro & question: part 2

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

Well, the brand I use and that particular model changing the menu 
does definitely not translate into sharper images on the screen when 
shooting RAW.

It's as I described below.



At 6:44 AM +0530 6/2/09, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
>Increasing sharpness in the menu does translate into sharper
>photographs on the LCD screen, though if you are shooting RAW you can
>always reverse it in the conversion software. I always shoot RAW, and
>I always leave a modicum of sharpening on in the camera. The LCD
>screens on the current crop of SLR offerings are big and bright, and
>pretty good.
>Cheers
>Jayanand
>p.s. I have behaved myself and not mentioned any particular brand (-: !!!
>
>On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 6:35 AM, Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com> 
>wrote:
>>  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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