Hi Alin,
I don't quite understand this post. In my original message I acknowledged
that web images are lo-res and that I detected a difference even when
viewing the original 1st gen image.
Then it seems I get a short lecture about digital images and at the end you
make an inference about beginners, complaining about zooms, and that the
feeble link may be the technique.
I don't get it. Tell me if I'm being too sensitive.
For arguments sake though, I'd find it preferable to start with the 1st gen
image being as sharp as possible and let it degrade from there when
displaying on the web, vs starting with a less-than-perfect image and trying
to retouch it to look better.
Now - am I saying zooms produce less-than-desirable results? No - not
necessarily. I think most of my PUG submissions were done with zooms.
The biggest reason I can see for using primes is that they make ME work
harder before pressing the shutter release. That could be the single
biggest visible difference I see in my results.
Tom C.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alin Flaider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "aimcompute" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 4:20 AM
Subject: Re: More on croppng (Was: An important step)
> Tom wrote:
>
> > http://pug.komkon.org/00febr/WoodenBoats.htm was shot with a prime. It
has a
> > crispness and clarity (not blowing my own horn) even at this low
resolution
> > that I don't see in some of my zoom photos.
>
> Tom, I can understand your enthusiasm but really, you cannot tell
> from a 600x400 JPeg if a zoom or prime was employed. When properly
> printed, scanned and retouched, even crappy 28-80 zooms should
> deliver equal quality with any prime up to 3 MPixels. Of course
> overall contrast, light fall-off or flare might reveal a zoom
> shameful origin ;o) but this is rather the exception.
> More generally, beginners complaining of their zooms, should firstly
> doubt the minilab optics quality, their technique, only then the
> zoom they got in the pack. One might be surprised to find out what
> the feeble link...
>
> Servus, Alin
>
>
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