Oh yes, there IS a point to that observation. This sort of thing occurs just below the perception level. Low enough so you can sort of feel it, but it's not so much you're able to actually spot it. You KNOW something's wrong...but what?
Yes, your point was evident... <g> keith whaley William Robb wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Keith Whaley > Subject: Re: Chicken**** > > > > > You can actually stand there and tell me you find a 3% > > difference in height/width ratios _significant_? > > You can see that, without actually measuring it? > > > > I suspect not one in a thousand can tell the difference > > between 1.62 and 1.67 H/W ratios [rounded off]. > > Understand, I'm not disputing you may be able to, but that's a > > mighty small delta! > > Yup. But its one of those things that will bother you, but you > won't know why. > > Years ago, I bought a Tokina 35-105 zoom lens. I happily used it > for scenics and the like, then I did a shoot for a fellow who > waned a record cover. We ended up shooting inside due to really > incelemt weather. I did the shoot, and the fellow chose the shot > for the cover, and ordered an 8x8 (waste of the 35mm negative!!) > for the record jacket to be made from. > I hated that picture, though I didn't know why. > The pose was perfect, the lighting was great, the exposure was > spot on and the tonal range rocked. > This one pissed me off, everything worked, and I hated the > damned picture. > Anyway, I pinned it to my wall, I wanted to know what it was > that turned my stomach about it. > Finally, after a couple of weeks, I took a straight edge to the > thing. > Turned out the lens had some barrel distortion. > Not much, not enough that it jumped out and said hi, just enough > to piss me of without knowing why. > > Don't know if there was a point to that or not. > > William Robb
