Looking for an image viewer (to compare scaled down digital photos with less image artifacts)

[Volker Wysk]

Am Dienstag, den 08.09.2020, 21:59 +0200 schrieb Ralf Mardorf via
ubuntu-users:
> Hi,

Hi!

> I'm new to digital photography and wonder what image viewer to use to
> get a first impression when comparing photos.
> 
> For sure some subscribers of this list are experienced hobby or
> professional photographers able to point me in the right direction.
> 
> If I watch a JPEG e.g. a photo of a LCD display scaled down to 50% or
> smaller with e.g. Eye of MATE, it suffers from a moiré pattern, while
> the same JPEG scaled down to 50% or smaller with paint software, such
> as
> GIMP doesn't. While other photos don't suffer from a moiré pattern,
> they
> anyway are scaled down in odd quality when using an image viewer
> instead
> of paint software. 	
> 
> I'm watching e.g. the photos of an EIZO on an EIZO FlexScan EV2450
> LCD
> 1920x1080 16:9.
> 
> Exif basic information of a photo.
> 
> Make                            : SONY
> Camera Model Name               : ILCE-6400
> Software                        : ILCE-6400 v2.00
> Lens Format                     : APS-C
> Lens Type 2                     : Sony E PZ 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS
> Color Space                     : sRGB
> Quality                         : Fine JPEG
> Image Size                      : 6000x4000
> Megapixels                      : 24.0
> 
> What image viewer is the best, to get an impression of scaled down
> images?
> 
> Is it possible to display file format ARW 2.3.5 (Sony RAW images)?
> 
> Btw. I didn't plan to replace my 35 mm analog reflex camera, since
> I'm
> not that much interested in photography. I bought the camera to make
> stop motion movies and I don't have the money for a more expensive
> and
> probably better camera. My first impression is, that this APS-C
> camera
> could replace a 35 mm analog reflex camera, just the lens seems to
> have
> limits and it was annoying to get rid of all that auto-thingies. It
> took
> a few hours of swearing to get full manual mode and it easily happens
> that I accidentally push an unwanted button, when I e.g. chose an
> aperture. All in all I suspect that I don't need full frame and that
> it
> could replace a 35 mm analog camera for my needs, just a comfortable
> image viewer is missing.

You could try Geeqie. It's feature-rich and extensible with external
programs.

Bye,
Volker
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