Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George - I must admit I am not the most ardent post-processor and three of these (the B&W ones) were taken from the in-camera JPGs with only cropping and level adjustments applied. It's my fast and dirty way of getting something out to show. All three have slightly crushed blacks due to the -.7 EV exposure comp I was using. I've since reverted to -0.3. The DNG files don't show this. The noise you're seeing, and that I do now just barely see in PSCS3 after you called my attention to it, is probably due to the +2 stop or so of exposure increase I added to the JPG so you could see the guy's face. It was way down in black originally. I suspect if I went back to the DNG file and reprocessed this, the noise would go way down. Thanks for the comments. Thanks for letting me know you found the shots interesting. Without that feedback it's hard to tell if I'm getting worthwhile results or not. Regards, Dick On Mar 20, 2008, at 1:19 PM, Lottermoser George wrote: > Your eye and reflexes seem to out shine this camera (and/or the post > processing). > Your subjects, framing, composition, etc - all have interest; yet > what I see on the screen seems dull and strange in terms of > tonality, contrast, sharpness or lack there. For example 10269.jpg > seems to have very strange, and distracting shadow noise in the hair > of the figures. > > BTW - these technical issues are what kept me searching for yet > another digital solution for many years. I found it extremely > painful to have captured a moment, which but for the aesthetic > issues of the camera's file, would have been a good or even fine > photograph. For me, and my taste, the DMR and M8 are the first > cameras (other than some MF backs I rented occasionally) to deliver > what I expected from some dozen other digital camera that I bought > and sold over almost 20 years. > > Fond regards, > George > george@imagist.com > www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > Picture A Week - www.imagist.com/paw_07 > > > > On Mar 20, 2008, at 10:13 AM, Richard Taylor wrote: > >> From last Saturday. All with the GRD2 usually at ISO 100. It was >> a warm-ish afternoon and people were out walking, shopping, >> touring; doing what New Yorkers do on a Saturday afternoon. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/CAUGHT+IN/R0010269.jpg.html >> http://tinyurl.com/3cqoht >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/CAUGHT+IN/R0010280.jpg.html >> http://tinyurl.com/3cetc9 >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/CAUGHT+IN/R0010277.jpg.html >> http://tinyurl.com/3y5sll >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/CAUGHT+IN/R0010276.jpg.html >> http://tinyurl.com/3ykf35 >> >> C&C always welcome. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information