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<title>Tao of Leica </title><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/index.html</link><description>monthly reviews</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:rights>Copyright 2009 Erwin Puts</dc:rights><dc:date>2010-08-21T14:39:32+02:00</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/" />
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<lastBuildDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 14:42:32 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title>large negative&#x2c; small size</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2010-08-21T14:39:32+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/page152.html#unique-entry-id-29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/page152.html#unique-entry-id-29</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The dSLR is rapidly integrating full video functionality in its concept and with the new wave of cinema lenses (Zeiss, Red One, Leica) there is much interest in the SLR as a tool for movie-making. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The new Leica book</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2010-08-13T17:17:47+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/page152.html#unique-entry-id-28</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/page152.html#unique-entry-id-28</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The book covers the history of the company from 1849 to 2010 and focuses on cameras from the Ur-Leica to the S2 and M9 and all lenses from the original Elmax to the most recent M lens. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Socrates and photography</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2010-07-25T15:57:18+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/page152.html#unique-entry-id-27</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/page152.html#unique-entry-id-27</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[In a report in LFI about the M8 you can read that the 135mm focal length is not supported on the M8 because the accuracy of the 0.68 rangefinder is not high enough for reliable focusing. (truth is that the 0.68 magnification makes the rangefinder framelines for the 135mm too inaccurate, even on the 0.85 rangefinder the framelines are indicative rather than precise). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Fleeting versus enduring issues</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2010-06-29T14:27:46+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/page152.html#unique-entry-id-26</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/page152.html#unique-entry-id-26</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I am sure I have missed a few topics that are hotly debated but the point I wish to make is clear: photographers are immersed in topics and discussions that have little practical relevance for the final result and have only a very limited effect on the photographic content or message. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Techno-austerity</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2010-06-11T22:25:10+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/page152.html#unique-entry-id-25</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/page152.html#unique-entry-id-25</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Many readers  and visitors of my blog/website seem to agree with my view that taking pictures is more valuable that comparing and assessing features. daily I get messages from Leica users who remark that they stop with visiting sites and forums where you find endless comparisons and discussions about what is best and continue taking pictures which is more joy and generates more pleasure. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Unpleasant truths</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2010-05-30T20:00:01+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/page152.html#unique-entry-id-24</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/page152.html#unique-entry-id-24</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[And the victim is the classical discourse: a dispassionate analysis of the real facts and what to make of them, the willingness to assume that one could be wrong in the discussion and the idea that a solution is more important than one&rsquo;s conviction to be right. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Crossing the Rubicon</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2010-05-27T13:22:44+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/page152.html#unique-entry-id-23</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/page152.html#unique-entry-id-23</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Given the small gap between modern handhelds and a digital camera, where the display is becoming the main command center of the tool, we may expect that sooner or later the touchscreen with finger movements will be incorporated into cameras. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Lens and system testing</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2010-04-24T15:24:55+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/page152.html#unique-entry-id-22</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/page152.html#unique-entry-id-22</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[; (2) you cannot hold accurate focus when working without a tripod: the AF is generally not reliable and even the slightest movement from the head or body that moves the camera from or to the object during or after focusing will shift the optimum plane of focus; (3) the usual objects to photograph are three dimensional with many differently angled surfaces and a large depth. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The relevance of Aristotle</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2010-04-19T20:56:21+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/page152.html#unique-entry-id-21</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/page152.html#unique-entry-id-21</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[But then I changed my mind and went for the Aristotle analysis: would I be happy with the S2 and will this product help me to create the pictures I would define as good photography. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Words II</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2010-04-12T16:55:09+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/page152.html#unique-entry-id-20</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/page152.html#unique-entry-id-20</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[An external mic socket, manual control and wide choice of resolutions and frame rates means that the 550D is worthy of consideration for serious video use, and when paired with a high quality lens, image quality is superb (that is a big claim: &lsquo;superb image quality&rsquo; is not easy to stumble across, but maybe the reviewer has a different normative idea about what is superb and excellent and very good and so on) .
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Changing of the guard</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2010-04-04T13:26:06+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/04-april-2010#unique-entry-id-19</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/04-april-2010#unique-entry-id-19</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[A recent article in the NYT notes that the whole idea of a professional photographer is becoming obsolete itself: now that almost every digital camera can create high quality imagery and the difference between a professional and an amateur (quite important in Kodachrome days) is dwindling. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>DxO fuss</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2010-03-24T16:47:59+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/21-march-2010#unique-entry-id-18</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/21-march-2010#unique-entry-id-18</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I do not want to return to those days, but it is legitimate to ask the question why it is that with modern sophisticated equipment  we cannot capture the real world as it is and really need ISO 6400 and a dynamic range of 13 stops to make meaningful pictures. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Obsolescence?</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2010-03-16T20:28:17+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/14-march-2010#unique-entry-id-17</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/14-march-2010#unique-entry-id-17</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[There are lots of lists with wishes and suggestions being published on the internet about what a successor to the M9 would look like: from monochrome capture to new rangefinder concepts and all kinds of minor improvements, these lists do reflect a simple mental exercise of enumerating what all others have and the Leica M9 has not. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>new directions</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2010-02-21T20:01:45+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/21-february-2010#unique-entry-id-16</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/21-february-2010#unique-entry-id-16</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[On top of the classical optical qualities of a lens, we now have a plethora of measurements, generated by the several lens testing programs available over the internet and the ever increasing integration of lens parameters with the camera operation (AF as example), but also programs in the camera that adjust for known optical defects. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Leica Pocket Guide</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2010-02-03T22:32:48+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/31-january-2010#unique-entry-id-15</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/31-january-2010#unique-entry-id-15</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The booklet is a PDF file and the format is such that it can be printed by Lulu, a POD company. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Choices</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2010-01-31T15:39:35+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/31-january-2010#unique-entry-id-14</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/31-january-2010#unique-entry-id-14</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[If we need a new M-camera or more general a new dCRF camera, it would be helpful to think first about how the way we take and use pictures in the digital age and then to device a product that supports this way of doing things. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Words</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2010-01-16T10:03:30+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/10-january-2010#unique-entry-id-13</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/10-january-2010#unique-entry-id-13</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The explanation notes that the M9 now has the same angle of view as the M7 or earlier Leica M bodies when you switch lenses with the same focal length. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>What is in an eye</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2010-01-12T19:40:06+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/10-january-2010#unique-entry-id-12</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/10-january-2010#unique-entry-id-12</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Some time ago I made a series of portraits on Spur Orthopan UR, printed them on paper in the dark darkroom and subsequently scanned the prints with an Epson V700 on high resolution. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Lost decade?</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2010-01-10T21:53:42+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/10-january-2010#unique-entry-id-11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/10-january-2010#unique-entry-id-11</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Look at the mainstream cameras from Nikon and Canon: the shape of the bodies has not changed since twenty years when celluloid was used for image capture and apart from the predictable improvements (more features, more power, more pixels) no true innovations have happened. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A tale of thirteen lenses</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2009-12-30T11:44:06+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/27-december-2009#unique-entry-id-10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/27-december-2009#unique-entry-id-10</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The SX 50mm has the same basic design (ASPH, FLE, special glass), but the much bigger size of the lens elements and a new level of manufacturing tolerances plus the demand to keep the overall size as small as possible puts the NX on an elevated platform. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A tale of five Leicas</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2009-12-14T21:18:23+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/13-december-2009#unique-entry-id-9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/13-december-2009#unique-entry-id-9</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The M9 (mine is unique as it is the first M9 sold worldwide to a buyer) looks and feels like an M3, but the operation is totally different: it has automatic exposure, you can select ISO values without changing film, you load the camera with a post-stamp-sized card  which can hold a thousand images, you select the color quality of the image and so on. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>December 7&#x2c; 2009</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2009-12-07T19:14:05+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/06-december-2009#unique-entry-id-8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/06-december-2009#unique-entry-id-8</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[And where Nikon and Canon continue to produce high-profile products with an occasional blockbuster, the number of people that are still discussing the characteristics and possibilities of the M9 (or S2) are dwarfed by the number of people that get excited about the newest camera product from Canon and Nikon. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>November 2009</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2009-11-26T09:39:07+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/22-november-2009#unique-entry-id-7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/22-november-2009#unique-entry-id-7</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The Nikon F of 1959 was considered perfect because it offered the photographer a tool that could cope with existing assignments: it was extremely durable and reliable (photographers could not afford to buy a new camera every 18 months and did not want to relearn the handling of the camera), it was very flexible because every part could be exchanged for another one (the photographer could accept every assignment and adapt the camera to its own working habit), there was a large range of excellent quality lenses and with zoom lenses and motordrive expanded the scope of image taking. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>october 2009</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2009-11-09T22:08:09+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/08-november-2009#unique-entry-id-6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/08-november-2009#unique-entry-id-6</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Most persons who look at and compare MTF graphs have only a scant idea of the really important connections between MTF graphs and the actual picture quality and it is safe to claim that he current MTF graphs have only a limited connection to the true performance of a lens.  
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>september 2009</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2009-09-27T17:22:57+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/27-september-2009#unique-entry-id-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/27-september-2009#unique-entry-id-4</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[As example: at image height of 10mm a modern Leica lens exhibits a contrast of 10% at 100 lp/mm on the standard flat surface, but when doing a through focus MTF, we may find a position where the same lens at the same point now delivers that same 100lp/mm with a contrast of above 50%. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>august 2009</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2009-09-02T21:52:02+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/30-august-2009#unique-entry-id-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/30-august-2009#unique-entry-id-3</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Much less coverage in the virtual space has been given to some other Leica announcements: the losses for the full year 2009/2010 and the losses for the first quarter of the new fiscal year and the many personal changes in and around the management level. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>July 2009</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2009-07-31T21:54:43+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/26-july-2009#unique-entry-id-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/26-july-2009#unique-entry-id-1</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Studying the surroundings of the location where the picture has been made (recently found pictures exhibited at the National Catalonian Museum in Barcelona, it could be found that the location of the photograph is at least 50 kilometers away from the place where Capa said that the picture had been made and it is a location where no fighting took place at all. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Kodachrome</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2009-06-30T21:54:25+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/28-june-2009#unique-entry-id-0</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/28-june-2009#unique-entry-id-0</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ A compact camera with interchangeable lenses and a large sensor allowing high image quality is already on the market for several years and seems not to be making big numbers: the Leica M8! ]]></content:encoded></item></channel>
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