Charles: Very nice gallery! I see that the 100 MP is your favorite lens.
wayne seltzer wrote:
BTW, I am not sensitive about 3-d definition. As an engineer with a Masters degree I get frustrated when people can not analyze better in technical lens drawing terms what their forming their opinions and feelings when viewing a picture instead of using vague higher-level subjective descriptions. I got frustrated trying to figure out what you and Philippe are talking about in terms of real lens characteristics.
LAMO! Is the Zeiss forum only populated by engineers? You\'re an engineer, Samuli is an engineer - I just read on Charles\' zenfolio that he\'s an engineer and I have a master\'s in electrical engineering. I can\'t for a second believe that such overcrowding of engineers is representative of the FM average. So what is it about Zeiss glass is it that attracts engineers?
By the way, I think Samuli\'s \'3D sensitivity\' comment was directed at me. I was like you asking for moderation in using vague subjective opinions as facts. Note that I have nothing against subjective opinions. I only mind that when things get very specific as this lens vs that lens that they should not be stated as universal facts.
I am more sensitive to cliqueishness that goes on here in this forum thread and the forum in general but I will just try to ignore it.
That\'s true. There are alternatives though. The landscape & wildlife forums are generally friendly and you\'ll always get comments on your images. If you want admiration (nice on occasion), POTN are pretty good. The \"why does my polarizer filter rotate?\" crowd is typically awed by the image quality produced by a high quality lens. They are also pretty representative of what the general populous will think of your photos. The downside is that you are unlikely to learn anything new - most people there are new amateur photographers with very limited budgets whose dream in life is to get an \'L\' lens. (Well, that\'s not quite fair - there is a number of very good photographers there as well but the large majority are newbies).
This Zeiss forum and this thread on the other hand have been exceptionally useful to me. It helped me for instance (and your posts were very helpful) in choosing the 50 MP. I got some insight in resizing/sharpening techniques through Samuli\'s and Makten\'s posts which led me to rework my existing system. That\'s just the past week. And even if you are unlikely to get a comment on a picture you post, the discussions here are interesting.
Anyway, to follow Adam\'s excellent \"one comment one picture\" suggestion..
Charles: Very nice gallery! I see that the 100 MP is your favorite lens.
wayne seltzer wrote:
BTW, I am not sensitive about 3-d definition. As an engineer with a Masters degree I get frustrated when people can not analyze better in technical lens drawing terms what their forming their opinions and feelings when viewing a picture instead of using vague higher-level subjective descriptions. I got frustrated trying to figure out what you and Philippe are talking about in terms of real lens characteristics.
LAMO! Is the Zeiss forum only populated by engineers? You\'re an engineer, Samuli is an engineer - I just read on Charles\' zenfolio that he\'s an engineer and I have a master\'s in electrical engineering. I can\'t for a second believe that such overcrowding of engineers is representative of the FM average. So what is it about Zeiss glass is it that attracts engineers?
By the way, I think Samuli\'s \'3D sensitivity\' comment was directed at me. I was like you asking for moderation in using vague subjective opinions as facts.
I am more sensitive to cliqueishness that goes on here in this forum thread and the forum in general but I will just try to ignore it.
That\'s true. There are alternatives though. The landscape & wildlife forums are generally friendly and you\'ll always get comments on your images. If you want admiration (nice on occasion), POTN are pretty good. The \"why does my polarizer filter rotate?\" crowd is typically awed by the image quality produced by a high quality lens. They are also pretty representative of what the general populous will think of your photos. The downside is that you are unlikely to learn anything new - most people there are new amateur photographers with very limited budgets whose dream in life is to get an \'L\' lens. (Well, that\'s not quite fair - there is a number of very good photographers there as well but the large majority are newbies).
This Zeiss forum and this thread on the other hand have been exceptionally useful to me. It helped me for instance (and your posts were very helpful) in choosing the 50 MP. I got some insight in resizing/sharpening techniques through Samuli\'s and Makten\'s posts which led me to rework my existing system. That\'s just the past week. And even if you are unlikely to get a comment on a picture you post, the discussions here are interesting.
Anyway, to follow Adam\'s excellent \"one comment one picture\" suggestion..
You\'re an engineer, Samuli is an engineer - I just read on Charles\' zenfolio that he\'s an engineer and I have a master\'s in electrical engineering. I can\'t for a second believe that such overcrowding of engineers is representative of the FM average. So what is it about Zeiss glass is it that attracts engineers? 
