[LRflex] Re: Film vs. Digital Gamut

  • From: <dsaalsaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 16:17:58 -0500

I put a Katz Eye Plus  focus screen in my 20D and it helped immensely. 
Brightened things up a bit too.

Dave
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From: "David Young" <telyt@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 4:07 PM
Subject: [LRflex] Re: Film vs. Digital Gamut


> Bob Palmieri wrote:
>
>>Folks -
>
> <gamut snip>>
>
>
>>Which brings me to another issue... I can barely focus with the stock
>>screen in the 20D (all of you DMR owners feel free to gloat away.)  Has
>>anyone used any of the aftermarket screens on the 20D with the 400
>>Telyt??
>
>
> I found the screen in the 20D to be not the best for the Telyt
> 400.  The 20D's VF is inherently darker, too.  It's one of the main
> reasons why I switched to the DMR.  (Sorry!)
>
> I'm waiting for a couple of screens from Bill Maxwell (I had him add
> his Hi Lux coating and the DMR's sensor lines to my existing
> microprism and plain gg screens. It was no more expensive than buying
> new DMR-marked screens from Leica!) that are presently in the
> post.  I'll let you know how they work out, once they're here.
>
>
>>Y'know... I almost get the feeling that if I had hung one of my SL's
>>with 200 speed slide film on the back of the lens I might be happier...
>>anyway, here's my best reduction into sRGB JPEG world of some
>>representative shots:
>>
>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/album409
>>
>>Maybe later I'll work up a crop of the Tanager; the eyeball is rather
>>nicely rendered in a way that disappears in this version...
>
> The .jpg's look pretty good to me!  Of course, I don't know these
> birds, and so cannot comment on the actual likeness.
>
> The shot of the Tanager is particularly nice!
>
> Sorry I can't help with your gamut problem. :-(
>
> Cheers!
>
>
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