Jim
The Lysander is a lovely beast, but I can imagine that a model in balsa was a
bit complicated.
Chris
> On 20 Sep 2019, at 16:09, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Chris,
>
> Thanks very much for the link to the Shuttleworth Collection. I did quite a
> bit of exploration of the site. That is a very impressive collection. I was
> happy to see the Lysander. That was the first balsa and tissue scale model
> that I built, in the very early 1940s. It always impressed me.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 9/20/2019 1:13 AM, ChrisB wrote:
>> Bill
>>
>> It’s called the Avro Tutor, one of the Shuttleworth Collection which is near
>> my home, at an airfield called Old Warden. The Collection is very
>> interesting as most of them are flown in displays, but this is the Tutor
>> page on the website:
>>
>> https://www.shuttleworth.org/collection/avrotutor/
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> C M I Barker | Gamlingay
>>
>>
>>> On 19 Sep 2019, at 21:45, Bill Pearce <billpearce@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Chris,
>>>
>>>
>>> What is the biplane on the top or your home page? It sure doesn't look
>>> anything like a Stearman.
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>
>>> From: "Chris Barker" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2019 4:49:42 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [OM] Focus Magic
>>>
>>> In Capture One I find myself using much more of the Clarity sliders than
>>> Sharpening ones. I think that it’s a LCE adjustment, but the result is more
>>> pleasing lighting as well as sharpness (apparent, I’m sure).
>>>
>>> This example has +34 of Clarity and Structure sliders applied, for instance:
>>>
>>> https://show.cbimages.uk/Photography/Blipfoto/i-kk2rzN6/A
>>>
>>> I am probably less discerning than some on the List, but it works well for
>>> me, as in this example as well:
>>>
>>> https://show.cbimages.uk/Photography/Blipfoto/i-zNGBtxT/A
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 17 Sep 2019, at 22:00, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 9/17/2019 1:57 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
>>>>> PESO:
>>>>>
>>>>> I recently had to reinstall Windows 10 and all of my Photoshop plug-ins
>>>>> had
>>>>> to be reinstalled, too. The only one I've had problems with is Focus Magic
>>>>> which I use a lot. I get a runtime error:
>>>>> Runtime Error (at 5:198):
>>>>> Internal Error: Failed to expand shell folder constant "userdocs"
>>>>>
>>>>> The software company is no help just saying that they've never seen that
>>>>> error before and have no suggestions. I'm tired of messing with it and
>>>>> started looking for a similar program. I downloaded SmartDeblur but it is
>>>>> awful and nothing like Focus Magic.
>>>> It's important, well, useful, to understand the differences in these
>>>> programs.
>>>>
>>>> 1. The vast majority of sharpening programs/apps use UnSharp Mask, a
>>>> technique inherited from film, where it was a physical technique. While
>>>> powerful and useful in some ways, unsophisticated applications easily lead
>>>> to troublesome artifacts. I have not used an USM for sharpening for a long
>>>> time.
>>>>
>>>> 2. Deconvolution is another approach to sharpening that works by
>>>> recreating detail lost in the aberrations on the lens. There are quite a
>>>> few specialized versions that work from knowledge of the characteristics
>>>> of specific lenses.
>>>>
>>>> Canon does that in their Raw conversion program. DPP. Some speculate that
>>>> DxO uses deconvolution in their sharpening.
>>>>
>>>> The only generalized versions that I know are Focus Magic and Topaz
>>>> InFocus. I did this comparison for another purpose, but it does provide
>>>> some idea that Topaz IF will do pretty much what FM does, albeit with a
>>>> different interface and settings.
>>>> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/tech/Focus_Magic/_B003950fpACRvsPlugin.htm
>>>>
>>>> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/tech/Focus_Magic/_B003950fpACRvsPlugin.htm>>
>>>>
>>>> 3. The newest approach is AI, in the form of a trained neural network.
>>>> Topaz Sharpen AI does this. It's both almost magic, and frustrating.
>>>>
>>>> Like other Topaz AI products, when it works, which is most of the time, it
>>>> is head and shoulders above anything else I've seen. Also like their other
>>>> AI apps, where it doesn't "understand" the subject, or some part of it, it
>>>> can fail. I've also had an image where it didn't do anything obviously
>>>> wrong, but it wasn't as nice a result as FM.
>>>>
>>>> It is also a machine eater, taking what seems forever to do a whole frame.
>>>> Because it's slow, even at showing previews, getting to know the settings
>>>> is also slow.
>>>>
>>>> How Sharp Moose
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