Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There is a type of noise one gets from long exposures with digital. The M8 takes a 'blank' shot after long exposures to subtract this out as do some other but not all digital cameras. Tom On Oct 27, 2006, at 10:27, B. D. Colen wrote: > The reality, Howard, is that if you put virtually any digital camera > on a > tripod, using the self-timer, with the shutter open for a sufficient > period > of time to provide an evenly lit, properly exposed image, noise is > unlikely > to be an issue. But who shoots that way in the real world? > > > On 10/26/06 9:28 PM, "Howard Cummer" <cummer@netvigator.com> wrote: > >> Hello Luggers, >> I don't subscribe to Sean Reid's pay for view review website. I do >> respect the quality of Sean's reviews which are posted on http:// >> www.luminous-landscape.com/ - in fact I provided him with some of the >> RAW files that he used to review the picture quality of the RD 1. >> That said, I have used the preproduction M8 that Leica passed to Tom >> A for assessment and I also attended the Leica Akademi in Wetzlar >> after the LHSA meeting. It is hard to comment on Sean's report beyond >> the interpretation provided by BD but my own experience with the >> camera is that IS0 2500 produces blotchy colour in very low light >> which needs a lot of post processing. But, turn the ISO down to >> 1250, use the self timer and set the camera on something steady, >> open those Leica M lenses wide open, and something quite wonderful >> happens. You have an image with great clarity, good contrast, and >> very little noise. I took some pictures in the Wetzlar Dom in this >> fashion and at the Akademi when we turned them into Grayscale and >> looked at the grain they were virtually without grain. So, putting my >> money where my mouth is, I have sold my Canon 5D (best CMOS on the >> market no doubt - but a dust collector such that Canon gave me >> coupons for additional free cleanings) and I have sold my RD 1 (with >> seller's remorse I confess. We should all be grateful forever to >> Epson for having produced the RD 1 - thus forcing Leica to produce >> the M8 in the (almost) timely fashion that is was done). I am >> certain, based on my own experience, that when the M8 is sold with >> finalized software it is going to produce spectacularly good images. >> I stress that in my case both my cameras used early (and imperfect) >> software. Perhaps someone with a subscription to Sean's site can fill >> us in on what model of 'ware his camera was using. >> Yours skeptically >> Howard (in Hong Kong) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >