Carl Zeiss photo contest winner (what took it, a camera phone?)

What is with the weird textured pattern? It almost looks like it was
printed on canvas and rephotographed.

http://www.zeiss.de/c12567a8003b58b9/Contents-Frame/ff8a7b7a369c1549c12570fb0048e952

The photo:

http://www.zeiss.de/C125679B0029303C/EmbedTitelIntern/PI_0051-2009/$File/PI_0051-2009.jpg

 

Could just be high ISO noise?

Guy

 

Since you asked, Re: Carl Zeiss photo contest winner (what took it, a camera
phone?)

Exif IFD0

* Camera Make = Canon
* Camera Model = Canon PowerShot A700
* Picture Orientation = normal (1)
* X-Resolution = 180/1 = 180
* Y-Resolution = 180/1 = 180
* X/Y-Resolution Unit = inch (2)
* Last Modified Date/Time = 2006:03:14 11:05:15
* Y/Cb/Cr Positioning (Subsampling) = centered / center of pixel array
(1)

Exif Sub IFD

* Exposure Time (1 / Shutter Speed) = 1/60 second = 0.01667 second
* Lens F-Number/F-Stop = 35/10 = F3.5
* Exif Version = 0220
* Original Date/Time = 2006:03:14 11:05:15
* Digitization Date/Time = 2006:03:14 11:05:15
* Components Configuration = 0x01,0x02,0x03,0x00 / YCbCr
* Compressed Bits per Pixel = 5/1 = 5
* Shutter Speed Value (APEX) = 189/32
Shutter Speed (Exposure Time) = 1/59.97 second
* Aperture Value (APEX) = 116/32
Aperture = F3.51
* Exposure Bias (EV) = 0/3 = 0
* Max Aperture Value (APEX) = 116/32 = 3.63
Max Aperture = F3.51
* Metering Mode = pattern / multi-segment (5)
* Flash = Flash fired, auto mode, red-eye reduction mode
* Focal Length = 13159/1000 mm = 13.16 mm
* Maker Note =

 

....can this entrant/winner be modified in PS? If so, you could easily
get that rough look texture...but, sheesh, the more I look the more it
looks like noise! <shrug>

cg

 

Try this link:
http://www.zeiss.com/c12567a8003b58b9/Contents-Frame/c9027d13d4f33842c12575600048b4b1
"Picture taken with: Analogue rangefinder camera with
Planar T* 2/50 ZM"

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So, given that claim, and the differing information in the EXIF, is
the jpeg posted on the site actually a noisy picture OF the entry? Was
the entry even a digital shot?

 

Moreover, I couldn't find the EXIF data given earlier in the image itself.

 

Huh! You're right!

Compression - 1 (None)
ImageDescription - Das Gewinnerbild von Colin Jones, USA.
Winning image of Mr. Colin Jones, USA.
Orientation - Top left
XResolution - 72
YResolution - 72
ResolutionUnit - Inch
Software - Adobe Photoshop 7.0
DateTime - 2009:02:23 13:34:34
YCbCrPositioning - Centered
Copyright - Foto: Carl Zeiss/Photo: Courtesy of Carl Zeiss
ExifOffset - 328
SubsecTime - 406
ColorSpace - sRGB
ExifImageWidth - 1818
ExifImageHeight - 1228

Thumbnail: -
Compression - 6 (JPG)
XResolution - 72
YResolution - 72
ResolutionUnit - Inch
JpegIFOffset - 478
JpegIFByteCount - 3561

I wonder what image Nomen was reading.

 

It doesn't explain it. The "noise" being discussed, if that's what it
is, doesn't look at all like digital camera noise.

 

....you're right...I normally run my NEF stuff through DXO, and their
noise compensation software sometimes (usually when I shooting 2000 or
higher ISO) looks something like this at 100%...when it's backed off
it ain't bad...

cg

 

Sorry to bring this very old thread back to life but I thought I just found this and wanted to comment. The things you find in google....

I took the photo in question here and I can answer most of whats going on here.

The photo was taken with a Leica M6 and a Zeiss lens on film. Fuji Superia 200 if I remember right. The photo shown online was a scanned negative and not a very high resolution scan at that. I offered to product a higher quality scan for them but they said it was not nessesary. When I scan my negatives I would do it quick and fast to get previews and basic small photos that would look ok online at 800x600 or whatever. Just so happens that is what this picture was.

As for the EXIF info, you got me. The scanner was a Fuji dont think it added anything to the bmp files and yes it was photoshopped, its a scanned negative after all.