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[OM] Re: E-510 First Impressions

Subject: [OM] Re: E-510 First Impressions
From: John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:42:25 -0400
Sounds defective to me. Resetting is a good idea.

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John Hermanson
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Bob Whitmire wrote:
> In a word: Soft. And grainy. Shot at ISO 200. Way too fuzzy for  
> anyone to take seriously. There are elements of the image that ought  
> to be razor sharp and aren't. For example, a man in a boat down the  
> cove should be clear, and instead is a blob. Names painted on the  
> back of several lobster boats should be easily readable and aren't.
> 
> I've tried to raise up a few E-1 images to 16x20 that wouldn't make  
> it, but even they looked much better than this.
> 
> Didn't matter whether I shot on AF or MF, either. All the images are  
> soft. I just picked one that I thought I might have printed anyway  
> and put it through my workflow, which is basically Levels, LCE to  
> greater or lesser degree, and sharpening. Sometimes I do saturation  
> adjustment or mess with shadow/highlight to bring down some of the  
> highlights or bring up some shadow detail.
> 
> Today, I'm going to reset the camera to factory defaults and start  
> over. If that don't get me pointed in the right direction . . .
> 
> --Bob
> 
> 
> On Jun 23, 2007, at 12:15 AM, AG Schnozz wrote:
> 
>> Ok, let's deal with this systematically. What exactly is "off"  
>> about the image?
> 
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