On 9/18/2010 11:23 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
> ... but then it's about more than resolution, isn't it? The pixels are
> important, but so is a wealth of other stuff that goes with the camera. And
> from where I sit, Oly digital just isn't there.
>
> For example. I had the E-1, and then the E-510. Some of you who are young
> enough to have memories that still function might recall a photo I had up a
> while back which Moose won a print of by giving it a name: White on White. It
> has been a very popular print in a number of sizes, all the way up to an
> actual image size of 15x20. The subject, a window in a summer home on the
> road to Pemaquid Point, is one I return to each winter to have another go.
> Usually, when you get it right you get it right and there's not much point in
> going back time after time, but because this house is on my way to the point,
> I stop and shoot. This past winter, using the D3, got a shot I liked better.
> It's in the Limited Editions gallery of my web site. The original White on
> White is here:
>
> http://www.bobwhitmire.com/page13/page14/page14.html
>
> The revised version is here:
>
> http://www.bobwhitmire.com/page1/page10/page10.html
>
> I know it's very difficult to make a value judgment based on web images, but
> I can assure you the D3 double-window takes the ribbon hands down over the
> E-1 version. It's sharper, deeper, more robust, with better color and a
> better effect in every way.
>
> Moose can weigh in on this if he chooses, because other than me, he's the
> only member of the list who has seen both images in their final print form.
Indeed, the new version is better in those ways that Bob tries to describe, but
that are not really possible to put into
words, even with the images in front of you, let alone looking at web images
that are a weak shadow of the prints.
Moose
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