John, I don't think either shot was over-sharpened at all. When I opened them in IE7, the automatic re-sizing did it's job and the result was a very indifferent presentation, full of jaggies and artefacts. Zooming in to 125% filled my 1024x768 screen with a very good smooth and sharp image, which held to at least 200%. Jaggies were still visible at 100% and lower (obviously!)
HTH John Coyle Brisbane, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 9:38 AM Subject: RE: beauty shot: Pentax K10D- 17mm lenses are out there > Hi again, > > I may have oversharpened the first web sized attempt on > this but I didnt alter the levels on this shot > from the capture, it was already pegged from > full black to full white on the histogram as > captured (most likely due to the blazing highlights > in the chrome struts) and the limited dynamic > range of the camera. I dont prefer soft or > prefer contrasty, I prefer accurate reproduction > of whatever the lens was aimed at. Actually, based > on my experience, It is ususally indicative of > a good exposure and good lens whenever the histogram > reaches a full spread like that. > > Anyway, heres another attempt at this one (larger still) , hopefully > it better shows this RMC tokina 17mm F3.5 lens to actually be pretty > good in my opinion. > > http://www.jchriso.com/temp/17MMRMCTOKINASAMPLE1L.jpg > > JCO > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Peter Lacus > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 4:57 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: beauty shot: Pentax K10D- 17mm lenses are out there > > > Hi David, > >> Is it just me or does that shot look over sharpened? > > way oversharpened/too contrasty - that was my immediate opinion after > seeing the small picture. On the bigger one it's not so pronounced. But > it's really hard to say, JPEG compression plays its' role here among > other things. > > Personally I prefer softer/less contrasty look to pictures. > > Cheers, > > Peter > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
