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My Leica MD only shoots raw. How can I see the results on what I’m shooting in the actual RAW form…?
My Leica MD only shoots raw. How can I see the results on what I’m shooting in the actual RAW form…?
Your Mac can open the raw file with the Preview app and then save it to jpg!
You can't actually see much more than will be apparent on a 1920 x 1080 screen at normal distances.
The only upgrade that might make a substantial difference would be new eyes and a new human vision system.
If you go to a much bigger screen, and like looking at only portions of it, then having more pixels in the screen might make more sense.
I should probably qualify my last post slightly.
Those big (24 inch) Retina displays are very nice, as are the slightly more accessibly priced 4K (3840 x 2160) displays, and if viewed side by side with a 1920 x 1080 screen, you will notice a difference.
But the limits of human visual acuity are such that the difference will not be huge.
A 24 inch display with the same 5976 × 3992 pixels that your camera offers would mostly be overkill.
To give you a sense of perspective on this, it may help if you understand that if you go to a movie theatre and see a modern movie projected on to the big screen, there is a fairly high likelihood that what you will see will be the product of a 2K projector.
That’s a "container" with a resolution 2048 x 1080, though the full area isn’t used except in some IMAX Digital presentations. Typically an “Academy Flat” 1.85:1 movie will be 1998 x 1080, and a “Scope” 2.39:1 movie will be 2048 x 858. If the theatre has been upgraded to 4K projection, the "container" is 4096 x 2160, Academy Flat movies are 3996 x 2160, and Scope movies are 4096 x 1716.
I did find it hard to believe the Retina 4K display would not have had a better picture than the older model mentioned..,!
I did find it hard to believe the Retina 4K display would not have had a better picture than the older model mentioned..,!
It does. The question is if we can appreciate the difference. What use is something that's technically better if you can't see it?
Apart from the whole equipment question, I think it makes sense to explore a little deeper what you're trying to achieve. What's wrong with the images you view on your present setup, exactly? In what way are they lacking? I get a feeling this might be one of those moving target kind of things.
"It just doesn't look right."
"Alright, some higher resolution might help. Better now?"
"Yeah. Still doesn't look quite right though."
"Hm. Have you tried profiling your setup?"
"Ok, done. There's some magic missing though."
"..."
Better try to figure out up front what's wrong and fix that. The alternative is to throw money at the problem and try random things until you hit something that works, but nobody can really help you with that. It would be a matter of going to the shop and pick up the box that appeals to you, and see if that helps any.
It was more of curiosity if there would be a noticeable improvement with the Retina 4K display over my model’s excellent showing that I considered so beautiful and natural.
But more importantly, the 2015 model I own cannot download Adobe’s Lightroom. To do so would require an IOS 11 or higher. My model can’t be upgraded anymore…!
Is it true, viewing the 2K or 4K monitor at a distance of three feet will not show any difference…?
Not much of a difference.
And viewing it for extended periods of time at one foot will hurt your eyes!![]()
This might be a good upgrade…!
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