I agree. I think the X-E1 image is much better but I'd be very hard
pressed to say the cause... could be lens, lighting, sensor, processing
or all of the above. In any case the Ross image looks harsh to me in
comparison. Part of that is definitely the busy bokeh in the background
but the feathers are also missing the smoother tones of the X-E1 image.
Once again, could be all of the above. Anyhow the X-E1 image is just
much more pleasant to look at.
Chuck Norcutt (a 2 fake lens guy)
On 1/3/2014 9:06 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
> Hum. I'm going to disagree. I think the newer version has a lot more going
> for it than the older shot. There's a continuous tonality that's missing in
> the E-1 shot, and what to my eye is a more faithful rendition of the bird.
> But that's just me.
>
> --Bob Whitmire
> Certified Neanderthal
>
> On Jan 2, 2014, at 11:29 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>
>> I've had several favorable comments on the "portrait" of our resident
>> male mockingbird, taken with the X-E1 and Leica Telyt-R 250/4. Three
>> years ago, almost to the day, I photographed the then resident male. I
>> can't say whether or not it was the same bird. The interesting thing
>> about that image is that it was made with the 5MP Olympus E-1 and a
>> Ross/London lens from the 1890s. To me, at screen viewing size, the two
>> images are roughly comparable in quality.
>>
>> Maybe gear is just a way of finding an image.................
>>
>> January 2011 image:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Mocking+Bird.jpg.html
>>
>> January 2014 image:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Mockingbird+744.jpg.html
>
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