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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>2012-05-14T17:45:10+02:00</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/" />
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<lastBuildDate>ma, 14 mei 2012 17:45:34 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title>Leica Monochrom</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2012-05-14T17:45:10+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/page152.html#unique-entry-id-84</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/page152.html#unique-entry-id-84</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The simplicity of siver-halide processing has been emulated in digital technology: we now need to dust off our collection of black-and-white filters (green, blue, orange, red and yellow) to change the grey values (and of course LR or Silver-Efex have these options too, but why go for a substitute when you can get the real thing?). 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Ebook announcement</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2012-04-13T09:31:22+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/08-april-2012#unique-entry-id-83</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/08-april-2012#unique-entry-id-83</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Later in the year, around Photokina, a printed and expanded version will be available (hardcover, 400+ pages full color, size 115 x 165 mm) for Euro 19.99.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The next level?</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2012-03-30T16:21:48+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/25-march-2012#unique-entry-id-82</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/25-march-2012#unique-entry-id-82</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The core of photographic technique is currently best served with a camera of Leica M9 stature and the new hyped products can be found in the newly announced Canon and Nikon cameras with extremely high sensor sensitivities, high pixel densities and movie capabilities in a photographic instrument, blending still-photography and movie-making in one tool.  
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Progress?</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2012-03-14T10:06:40+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/11-march-2012#unique-entry-id-79</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/11-march-2012#unique-entry-id-79</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[One needs more research into the reasons for the superb performance of the X-Pro 1 (when cameras used slide film the conclusion was fast and simple!), but one might look at the specific sensor design and the absence of a low-pass filter. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Compact system cameras</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2012-02-23T11:55:27+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/19-february-2012#unique-entry-id-78</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/19-february-2012#unique-entry-id-78</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[In the British Journal of Photography of 26 June 1925 the new Leica I has been described as the 'Leica Cine Film Camera': 'Quite an innovation in pocket cameras is one just issued by the well- known firm of Leitz. designed to take about five feet of ordinary standard perforated cinematograph film, mounted in a special triple spool allowing of daylight loading and unloading, each picture measuring 36 x 24mm. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The reference-economy</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2012-02-13T17:01:20+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/12-february-2012#unique-entry-id-77</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/12-february-2012#unique-entry-id-77</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The industry is churning out new cameras in a breathtaking pace: the Canon 1D-X is just announced, just as the Nikon D4 with the Nikon D800 in two versions on its heels, amidst the Fujifilm X1-Pro and the Olympus OMD; a new Canon 7, 5 or 3 is already being discussed.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The inevitable will regrettably happen&#x21;</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2012-01-20T11:13:08+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/15-january-2012#unique-entry-id-76</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/15-january-2012#unique-entry-id-76</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Ilford may survive as will the niche players, but the practice will be that every photographer for 95% of its pictures will go digital and when money and time permits will produce a handful of analog pictures, as long as the experience and knowledge exists, that can sell for a higher price.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Three lenses for the Leica</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2012-01-10T16:43:41+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/08-january-2012#unique-entry-id-75</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/08-january-2012#unique-entry-id-75</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The late Eve Arnold noted that when she photographed people she only had the small black box and herself when taking pictures and the description &lsquo;simple and effective&rsquo; that she used to describe her photographic approach might fit the selection of lenses above. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>What is the Meisterkreis - Deutsches Forum f&#xfc;r Luxus?</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2012-01-06T10:11:16+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/01-january-2012#unique-entry-id-74</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/01-january-2012#unique-entry-id-74</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The personal luxury goods market remains a key driver of growth for Europe accounting for more than &euro;137 billion of the worldwide luxury goods consumption, in Europe, and employing, in 2010, approximately 800,000 people.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Image making in 2012</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2012-01-05T10:29:34+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/01-january-2012#unique-entry-id-73</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/01-january-2012#unique-entry-id-73</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[If the  Canon/Nikon combine will offer these models is uncertain and at least the improvement in image quality will be technically unnoticeable, but there will be reviewers who see advantages, but what you want to see, you will see. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Leica knowledge</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-12-22T09:40:33+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/18-december-2011#unique-entry-id-72</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/18-december-2011#unique-entry-id-72</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The production numbers for the Leica Luxus have been claimed to range from 60 to 100 and again in this case the exact amount is not important or impossible to finalize, partly because of the habit of the Leitz factory to cater for individual requests (an early idea of the a-la-carte style of production).  
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The year 2011</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-12-15T15:38:50+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/11-december-2011#unique-entry-id-71</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/11-december-2011#unique-entry-id-71</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Some predict that Leica will introduce a mirrorless camera, positioned between X1 and M9, at Photokina 2012 (according to German magazine Fotomagazin; they have been wrong more often than not in this respect, but they could refer to an interview in June 2011 with the current Leica CEO) and Leica itself with help of Blackstone will open up scores of luxury shops in China in the hope that this huge country will not become the Japan of the 21 century.     
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Leica and China</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-11-29T18:13:56+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/27-november-2011#unique-entry-id-70</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/27-november-2011#unique-entry-id-70</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[And there are three dangers involved in this strategy: (1) the products may fail to capture the attention of the markets; (2) the products will succeed, but production has to shift to China  and may not stay in Germany and (3) products will change and adapt to accommodate the tastes of the new buyers. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Are the iPhone and iPad the modern tools for image making?</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-11-20T11:15:23+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/20-november-2011#unique-entry-id-69</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/20-november-2011#unique-entry-id-69</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[In the past many famous photographers would like to be photographed with a Leica M camera hanging conspicuously around the neck, but it seems that there is emerging a shift from the cult cameras for snapshot photography away from Leica to other models. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The future of imaging and the possible demise of photography. </title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-11-17T14:18:39+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/13-november-2011#unique-entry-id-68</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/13-november-2011#unique-entry-id-68</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The current popularity of the mirror-less versions of the DSP-engines might be that their shape does not refer to classical camera models, but offer a new compact shape that fits the modern age in which image taking is constant and ubiquitous and almost free of charge and where image distribution is accomplished exclusively through wireless internet and social media, again almost free of charge and most importantly effortless. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>FIGO</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-10-27T15:14:34+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/23-october-2011#unique-entry-id-67</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/23-october-2011#unique-entry-id-67</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The two strategies are: (1) condense all facts into one merit value and let the reader do the logic: if two cameras or lenses differ by a fraction (78.3% and 79.1%) the reader has to make the decision what is important without understanding the basic mechanisms of fact production or the technique of weighting averages; (2) list all the computations you have done without ranking and produce some condensed verbal evaluation that is so multi-interpretable as to be formally useless. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Leica&#x2c; ACM and Blackstone Updated</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-10-20T19:15:51+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/16-october-2011#unique-entry-id-66</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/16-october-2011#unique-entry-id-66</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Investments in a three year-model cycle, an big increase in marketing and the penetration of new market areas is not part of the classical DNA of the Leica Company that lived on product cycles measured in decades and did not produce any remarkable marketing effort.  
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Canon 1Dx</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-10-18T21:46:04+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/16-october-2011#unique-entry-id-65</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/16-october-2011#unique-entry-id-65</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It is evident now where the Canon engineers see the future: extremely sensitivity (common sense would ask what is the function of an ISO value of more than 200.000) and extremely fast speed of processing (12 images/second) and HD-video capabilities. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Fujinon X100 versus leica M9</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-09-28T12:25:00+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/25-september-2011#unique-entry-id-64</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/25-september-2011#unique-entry-id-64</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[My reflections, based on the results, indicate that the digital technology used in the M9 is at its apex and the technology used in the X100 might be the next stage in the evolution.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Fascinating&#x21; A Vulcan expression</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-09-15T19:26:07+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/11-september-2011#unique-entry-id-63</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/11-september-2011#unique-entry-id-63</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[That said I am of the opinion that the current technological progress in digital image processing and the explosion of imagery will have the same profound impact on the visual culture as did the visual innovations of the Renaissance (may I refer to my ideas about the topic of death of photography: a view now widely supported by many historians of art, but not by the internet community: the vox populi wins of course). 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Rational behavior</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-09-13T12:13:36+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/11-september-2011#unique-entry-id-62</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/11-september-2011#unique-entry-id-62</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I am writing the test report now and it will be published in a week, but some remarks may be of interest here: when you select the camera options such that they reflect your picture taking style, the cumbersome menu choices are less relevant and to be honest with the speed of the AF I have noted that the AF is sluggish only when the objects are moving fast and to inject some relativism into the discussion it has to be said that manual focusing with the M9 is not easier when the objects are moving fast: ever tried to focus quickly and accurately on a fast moving cat that jumps in all directions? 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Dilemma</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-08-08T21:59:55+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/07-august-2011#unique-entry-id-61</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/07-august-2011#unique-entry-id-61</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[So the basic choice is this: epub with simple text and some images, and PDF with sophisticates layout, but easy to copy and distribute. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Lazy photographers</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-08-07T19:37:10+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/07-august-2011#unique-entry-id-60</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/07-august-2011#unique-entry-id-60</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Amidst a worldwide debt crisis that will certainly impoverish most countries in the West (you have to admit it: we all lived on exponential economic growth and assumed that every year we will get more money to buy off the debts we made in any previous year and had some money left for investment and savings; now we see that we have to reduce our spending to pay the debt of the past and have to accept that in future we have less money to spare: all money is flowing to China and India which allowed us for a while to buy cheap goods) it seems a bit out of proportion to use a camera that will cost you more then a thousand dollars.  
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Adox and more</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-07-23T16:20:58+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/17-july-2011#unique-entry-id-59</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/17-july-2011#unique-entry-id-59</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[In a recent test by the ColorFoto magazine, some high speed Zeiss lenses were rated as not good (read my lips: bad!), but the result might be influenced by these small focus errors. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Darkroom&#x2c; LC2 and Anton Corbijn</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-06-29T15:43:15+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/26-june-2011#unique-entry-id-58</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/26-june-2011#unique-entry-id-58</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[When using RC paper (this is very high quality) I have a print hanging at the rack within 5 minutes, With Baryta paper it takes 10 minutes to get an archival print, but here the drying process is a bit complex. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Chemistry is still a viable option</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-06-23T20:00:50+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/19-june-2011#unique-entry-id-57</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/19-june-2011#unique-entry-id-57</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The negatives are excellently exposed, need no post processing and definition is well above the Nyquist limit of the M9 or M8.2, A good job then: 150 pictures in 30 minutes with excellent quality is not bad. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>M9-P</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-06-23T10:57:31+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/19-june-2011#unique-entry-id-56</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/19-june-2011#unique-entry-id-56</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The M9-P is technically identical to the M9 version with one important distinction (the sapphire cover glass that is supposed to be glare free under different viewing angles) and three cosmetic details (the lack of the Leica logo and the model identification and the addition of the Leica inscription on the top cover). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New edition of Leica Compendium in August</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-06-20T15:46:24+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/19-june-2011#unique-entry-id-55</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/19-june-2011#unique-entry-id-55</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The new version is almost identical to the previous edition, but I have the chance to add the information about the new products (Super-Elmar-M 21mm and M9-P) now that is available. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Book is sold out&#x21;</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-05-18T22:58:17+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/15-may-2011#unique-entry-id-54</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/15-may-2011#unique-entry-id-54</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I wish to give my sincere gratitude to all my friends who supported this project  and enabled me to share my knowledge with them. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Summilux-M 1.4/50mm ASPH</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-05-17T20:45:17+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/15-may-2011#unique-entry-id-53</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/15-may-2011#unique-entry-id-53</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The reason was that you never know enough of a lens and the introduction of the new Nikon 1.4/50mm (eight elements) was a trigger to see if the SX is still the champion. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Book update 2</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-05-15T20:19:40+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/15-may-2011#unique-entry-id-52</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/15-may-2011#unique-entry-id-52</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Smith: &ldquo;Modern Optical Engineering&rdquo; where the fish-eye lens is discussed: &ldquo; Obviously in order to image 180 degrees or more on a finite-sized flat film, a large amount of distortion is unavoidable&rdquo;.  
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Finally&#x21;</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-05-02T22:09:57+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/01-may-2011#unique-entry-id-51</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/01-may-2011#unique-entry-id-51</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[After receiving the books (problems with big trucks and logistics)  you have to start packaging the books (find a good book wrap) and then you need a program to send books with bar codes, tracking and tracing information and customs information. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Book update</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-04-28T23:15:11+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/24-april-2011#unique-entry-id-50</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/24-april-2011#unique-entry-id-50</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[So the books had to move to another place, where they have to be repacked into a smaller lorry and re-delivered again. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>L&#x27;Histoire se r&#xe9;p&#xe8;te&#x21;</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-04-26T23:37:21+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/24-april-2011#unique-entry-id-49</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/24-april-2011#unique-entry-id-49</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The same testers who complain that a certain lens does not resolve more than 2000 lp/ph (with the capability of showing facial defects) rejoice at the inclusion of retouch software in the camera that is designed to remove wrinkles that the lens is designed to depict. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Shipping info on Leica Compendium</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-04-19T14:21:30+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/17-april-2011#unique-entry-id-48</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/17-april-2011#unique-entry-id-48</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Below are a few pages of the original book so that you can get an impression of what it will look like.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Craftsmanship versus professionalism</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-04-11T19:26:48+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/10-april-2011#unique-entry-id-47</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/10-april-2011#unique-entry-id-47</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The Summilux 35mm aspherical was designed by an individual who really understands what a high-speed wide angle lens should accomplish and a hundred thousand measurements will not automatically produce insight into the true capabilities of this lens because its merit figure, based on these measurements would be only average. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Update on Leica Compendium</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-03-16T16:04:50+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/13-march-2011#unique-entry-id-46</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/13-march-2011#unique-entry-id-46</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[To give an example: the lens review chapter in the book has more pages than the total for the previous Leica Lens Compendium. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Nextopia: the expectations society.</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-02-19T11:10:49+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/13-february-2011#unique-entry-id-45</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/13-february-2011#unique-entry-id-45</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Keep all options open, engage in as many relations as you can, but do not commit yourself to anything: you might exclude other availabilities that are about to emerge. famous people are not persons who have shown any accomplishments, but people who have talent that they might do something important in the near future. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Leica Compendium update </title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-01-21T20:26:13+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/16-january-2011#unique-entry-id-44</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/16-january-2011#unique-entry-id-44</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Leica Vario-Elmarit-R 28-90mm f/2.8 &ndash; 4.5 ASPH
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Perfection</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-01-12T18:51:50+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/09-january-2011#unique-entry-id-43</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/09-january-2011#unique-entry-id-43</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The fascination for vintage cars and motorcycles and cameras (dwindling to say the least) derives from this fact: these products had character because the designer team had a specific vision of what a car or camera or motorcycle had to do. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>CES 2011</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-01-09T19:48:28+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/09-january-2011#unique-entry-id-42</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/09-january-2011#unique-entry-id-42</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[There are some interesting ideas in this camera (if they really are going to work which is questionable), but the basic question would be: does it help me make better pictures. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Beginning of new year</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-01-03T17:18:46+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/02-january-2011#unique-entry-id-41</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/02-january-2011#unique-entry-id-41</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The cause is to be found in two corners: the film user community that does not promote film as a viable and interesting medium and indulges themselves in mind boggling discussions about chemicals and developer mystiques in which nobody is interested anymore and the digital community that simply repeats what the manufacturers want to hear (they pay for advertisements) and the consumers religiously repeat the mantras outlined by DPReview.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>End of year</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2010-12-31T17:12:31+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/26-december-2010#unique-entry-id-40</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/26-december-2010#unique-entry-id-40</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The power of photography has always been that what is being recorded is real and when the truth hurts as is the case with some Mapplethorpe pictures we cannot deny the fact that what is being recorded has really happened. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The ultimate Leica photographer?</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2010-12-11T17:39:21+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/05-december-2010#unique-entry-id-39</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/05-december-2010#unique-entry-id-39</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It is not the best advice in our culture of hurry and superficiality, but one should really take a picture by Frank, select a comparable one from HCB, hang both side by side on the wall and take a hour of contemplation to look at the different views of the world and the different use of the  camera to record what one feels and sees. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Leica 2.0</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2010-12-05T19:55:20+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/05-december-2010#unique-entry-id-38</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/05-december-2010#unique-entry-id-38</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[A case to illustrate this assertion is the hype about the new Kodak sensor KAI-29050 as a possible sensor for a future M camera, some even claim it will be the next one, the M10. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Raymond Depardon</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2010-11-11T20:23:29+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/07-november-2010#unique-entry-id-37</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/07-november-2010#unique-entry-id-37</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The well-known French film-maker and photographer Raymond Depardon has published a new series of pictures of  French life as it is and not as it is imaged by tourists and admirers of the French life style. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Obituary: Geoffrey Crawley&#x2c; 83&#x2c; died recently</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2010-11-07T19:58:51+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/07-november-2010#unique-entry-id-36</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/07-november-2010#unique-entry-id-36</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[He was equally at home with sensitized materials (he started the acutance era in silver halide emulsions and developers), lens tests (the reports on the Noctilux lens and the high speed 50mm lens are unequalled), camera tests (read the Nikon and Canon booklets by his hand) and the techno-cultural interface (his editorials are jewels of erudition). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Update: book order</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2010-10-15T19:57:17+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/10-october-2010#unique-entry-id-34</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/10-october-2010#unique-entry-id-34</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[If the answer is yes, I will ask for a money transfer and the book will be send to the indicated address.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Additional information about new Leica book</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2010-10-09T19:50:33+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/03-october-2010#unique-entry-id-33</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/03-october-2010#unique-entry-id-33</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The book will be on A4 format, full color, 400+ pages thick (on 130 gram silk paper) and will sell for Euro 62.50.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Frugality and the art of looking</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2010-09-30T10:38:42+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/26-september-2010#unique-entry-id-32</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/26-september-2010#unique-entry-id-32</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The Leica M, with its old fashioned features (for who still commands the craft of manual focusing and selecting exposure options with dedication and purpose) is very well suited to this new frugality as it matches the concept of the camera. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Photokina 2010</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2010-09-24T10:19:44+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/19-september-2010#unique-entry-id-31</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/19-september-2010#unique-entry-id-31</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[We have now the situation that every camera produces image quality that is better than what you need and even a small EOS 550 can create quality that is not that far removed from what you get with a 1Ds. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Leica M9 Titanium Special Edition.</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2010-09-20T20:03:21+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/19-september-2010#unique-entry-id-30</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/19-september-2010#unique-entry-id-30</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[If the concept catches on, it can be incorporated in future models and if the Leica clientele is too staid to accept a new design profile and a new technology there will be no loss for Leica.  
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>large negative&#x2c; small size</title><dc:creator>eppublic@xs4all.nl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2010-08-21T14:39:32+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/15-august-2010#unique-entry-id-29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/15-august-2010#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><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2010-08-13T17:17:47+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/08-august-2010#unique-entry-id-28</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/08-august-2010#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><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2010-07-25T15:57:18+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/25-july-2010#unique-entry-id-27</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/25-july-2010#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><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2010-06-29T14:27:46+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/27-june-2010#unique-entry-id-26</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/27-june-2010#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><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2010-06-11T22:25:10+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/06-june-2010#unique-entry-id-25</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/06-june-2010#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><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2010-05-30T20:00:01+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/30-may-2010#unique-entry-id-24</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/30-may-2010#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><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2010-05-27T13:22:44+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/23-may-2010#unique-entry-id-23</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/23-may-2010#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><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2010-04-24T15:24:55+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/18-april-2010#unique-entry-id-22</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/18-april-2010#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><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2010-04-19T20:56:21+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/18-april-2010#unique-entry-id-21</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/18-april-2010#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><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2010-04-12T16:55:09+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/11-april-2010#unique-entry-id-20</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/files/11-april-2010#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><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><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><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><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><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><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><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><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><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><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><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><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><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><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><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><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><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><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><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><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><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><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><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><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><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><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><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><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><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><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><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><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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