[Leica] High ISOs Comparison

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)]

Clyde

I am glad that both you and Tina have presented these two series, they are 
very informative, and have helped show those of us still waiting to make 
informative decisions.

Gene


-------------- Original message from Clyde Rogers <xrogers@comcast.net>: 
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> On Dec 7, 2006, at 12:55 AM, Adam Bridge wrote: 
> > I'm wondering if the differences between your results and Tina's 
> > involves Tina's being of a fundamentally dark subject matter while 
> > yours are of a fundamentally light subject - mostly in the whites? 
> 
> That may be part of it. The Leica does have more noise in the deepest 
> shadows. Fortunately, at high ISO, I've generally already accepted 
> that the 
> print may have areas of featureless black. I don't really care about 
> the 
> noise there, I just don't want it to be a distraction (it should be 
> even), it 
> shouldn't make the black look gray, and if I have some printable 
> variation 
> in the black, it shouldn't obscure too much of it (either though 
> noise reduction 
> or by having it get lost in noise). 
> 
> I've got to make more prints to evaluate this, and of course, my 
> printer is 
> dying. I'll get to it when the new printer arrives. That said, from 
> the images 
> I have printed successfully, even in dark areas I don't think the 
> M8's noise 
> is going to be too big problem for me when I use high ISO. 
> 
> > Thank you for taking the time to make these images and to post them. I 
> > forgot to say the same to Tina. Drat! Well, Tina - thank you! 
> 
> You're very welcome. I hesitated to post this at all---both positive 
> and 
> negative M8 postings seem to almost randomly provoke some people. 
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> Clyde Rogers 
> 
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