civilized ku # 1102 / FYI ~ a post Irene civilized ku # 1091 update
Saturday, September 3, 2011 at 09:21PM 
Wilted remains ~ Au Sable Forks, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggenNow that things, tropical storm Irene wise, have settled down a bit, I have turned my thoughts back to picture making. Consequently, I am posting this entry update to civilized ku # 1091 - an entry that was intended to be posted pre-Irene but nature had other plans for me and mine.
Be that as it may, you will notice that the depicted referents in this picture of the same scene are different from those in civilized ku # 1091. In addition to the wilted lettuce, the pie crust is missing. We have no idea where it went other than to assume that the mice with whom we share our kitchen carried it away. The assumption is based upon the fact that mice are, of course, part and parcel of the charm of county living.
In any event, (the FYI part of this entry) now that I am redirecting my attention to matters of picture making I have come across the following photo-gibberish on a site which purports to be about picture making - often professing that the pictures, not equipment, are the thing:
The SQF* is a measurement of how well matched the system MTF* of a camera is to the CSF* of the HVS*.
Say what? - This astoundingly relevant (not) statement is lifted from an article that sets out to address the matter of CSC IQ**.
Well, scratch my back with a hacksaw ... I have always believed, in a much simpler and more direct fashion, if you look at any picture and it conveys its point, IMO, the IQ is exactly right. However, if all that gobbledygook, aka - flapdoodle and green paint, floats your photo boat, have at it. After all, as Julian's grandmother once stated - "For every pot there's a lid."
*FYI - SQF = subjective quality factor, MFT = modulation transfer function (which is a concept closely related to the PSF (point spread function), CSF = contrast sensitivity function, HSV = human visual system - all of which relate to the IQF (image quality factor)
**compact system camera image quality
Reader Comments (2)
What a nice test on reading comprehension, that quoted sentence.
Would the real meaning of the sentence be "I feel some cameras are better than others"? Or maybe even "There might be some difference between some cameras".
Well, if one camera makes the photographer feel better than another ("subjective quality factor"), maybe there is nothing wrong there. As long as one can make a photograph.
I'm reminded of a quote attributed to Duke Ellington:
"If it sounds good, it is good."