I'm glad you found it useful Neil, the article makes sense with the photographs samples, and a slight clarification: the images about Henry II window (vitraux) were taken in the Strassburg cathedral and not in the Aachen cathedral as I wrote initially.- All the best Carlos --- Neil Gould <neil@xxxxxxxxxxx> escribió: > Hi Carlos, > > > Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 15:01:10 -0300 (ART) > > From: Carlos Manuel Freaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > I have scanned the photographs about the > "Resolving > > power and contrast", Zeiss Info 51 and uploaded > them > > to one of my blogs, they are four photographs > about > > the king Henry II window (vitreaux)in the Aachen > > cathedral, the images look identical regarding the > > original in the article because they received > > identical scanning process, anyway there is an > effect > > to appreciate even more the contrast significance > for > > the image quality approaching your eyes to the > images > > that can be see better on the paper (see the > article > > partial transcription in my blog). > > I only copied the part about the images > comparison, > > the article is larger with technical diagrams and > > specific technical info about lens contrast > > transference etc., but I think with the > photographs > > are enough to understand the authors point of > view,; > > you can enlarge the images clicking on them : > > > > http://dobleobjetivo.blogspot.com/ > > > What a timely presentation! I am in the middle of > another discussion > comparing film and digital rendering of images that, > while tangential to > the intention of this article, is well illustrated > by it. It is my > contention that some peoples' preference for digital > rendering is due in > part to increasing contrast by discarding fine > detail rather than > increasing resolution. That these images all have > the same resolution and > differ primarily in contrast underscores the impact > that contrast has on > such perceptions, and I suspect would reinforce my > opinion in that > discussion. > > Thanks for taking the time to post these examples! > > Best regards, > > Neil > > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into > www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging > into www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > Compartí video en la ventana de tus mensajes (y también tus fotos de Flickr). Usá el nuevo Yahoo! Messenger versión Beta. http://ar.beta.messenger.yahoo.com/ --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list