Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Could be due to flat lighting, lack of mirror lockup, or other camera > movements; > or a combination of above. George, I'd say all of the above plus a cheap tripod and probably a less than perfect photographer. The lighting was indirect shade on my front porch. My good tripods are naturally at my office, so I had to use a cheap flimsy tripod I had at home (damn, I just remembered I have a good Bogen in my truck. Oh well ;-) ) And I did not lock up the mirror...should have. But I have taken some shots with this machine which I consider technically stunning, if not great photographs. They were test shots. I just got this camera 4 days ago so I'm still learning. So I wouldn't recommend that you disregard it just because of these test shots. I was asked to provide some test shots showing the 'noise' at ISO 800, and that's all I was trying to do, not show the capabilities of the a900 to make superb high-resolution photos. It's not perfect, it has its foibles, but I think so far that it's a *very* capable machine in the right hands, with the right glass. Jim Laird On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 7:05 PM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote: > Thanks Jim. > I asked because my initial impression felt even the 100 and 200 had a > "mushy" feel. > When I consider a backup (or replacement) to the DMR > I'm looking for fine detail; which I don't see in these test shots. > Could be due to flat lighting, lack of mirror lockup, or other camera > movements; > or a combination of above. > > Or the sensor/processor hardware. > > I'd love to see a test with full dynamic range, > camera locked down on solid tripod, > mirror locked up, > no depth of field issues, > at f:8, 1/250 > > I'm not asking you to do it. > Just really curious about what the sensor can actually deliver. > > Regards, > George > (from iPad) > > On Oct 31, 2010, at 18:08, James Laird <digiratidoc at gmail.com> wrote: > >> It was a flimsy but yes, locked down. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >