Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]During my granddaughter's first easter egg hunt I accidentally made a couple of exposures at 1/1000 sec where the meter indicated something closer to 1/100 sec, so this was about 3 stops underexposed. The DMR was set at ISO 400 making these photos exposed at about EI 3200. I pushed during processing to compensate using ACR bundled with Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 which as I understand it doesn't do a great job at noise reduction. No other noise reduction software was used, so consider this a worst-case scenario. Keep in mind I'm making no claims w.r.t. the artistic merit or my focussing skill in this picture; you can see that her coat's zipper and embroidery is in the plane of focus, not her eyes. I'm also making no claims w.r.t. the usability of this photo from a noise point of view, that's up to each of us to decide individually. Just the facts, ma'am. Here's the full picture: http://www.wildlightphoto.com/temp/ariana.jpg and a 100% crop (not dial-up friendly): http://www.wildlightphoto.com/temp/ariana_crop.jpg Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com