Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well it looks pretty good: what happens if you set it at 3200 ISO deliberately? 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >