Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That works for me. Thanks, BD. Jeffery Sent from my iPad Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, Louisiana USA On Jun 26, 2012, at 19:59, "B. D. Colen" <bd at bdcolenphoto.com> wrote: > Just go to the menu and make the adjustments. I'd set them all at 0, > rather than go into the negatives. But that's me. > Typed with big fingers on tiny keys > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeffery Smith <jsmith342 at gmail.com> > Sender: lug-bounces+bd=bdcolenphoto.com at leica-users.org > Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 19:52:50 > To: Leica Users Group<lug at leica-users.org> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Using the Fuji X Pro-1 > > How much can be disabled in jpeg mode? I would not want autoWB, auto > sharpen, or auto saturation. Is there a jpeg mode that can disable these > sorts of correction features? > > I should probably download the pdf manual and answer these myself. > > Sent from my iPad > > Jeffery L. Smith > New Orleans, Louisiana > USA > > On Jun 26, 2012, at 19:45, Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor at comcast.net> > wrote: > >> B.D., John, Howard - I do see the color smearing in the Adobe-processed >> files, but only clearly visible at 200%. No checkerboard anywhere, >> though, even at 300%. >> >> I do not see color smearing or checkerboard in Silky Pix RAW converted >> files. >> >> Point taken in any case. Guess I'll shoot JPGs for a while myself. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Regards, >> >> Dick >> >> >> >> On Jun 26, 2012, at 6:37 PM, B. D. Colen wrote: >> >>> IF they are true RAW files, then the camera isn't doing anything to them >>> - they are simply the data captured by the sensor - no sharpening, no in >>> camera "correction." When they are converted to DNG, they are being >>> converted to a theoretically lossless compressed format, but, again, are >>> unaltered. Then the fun begins. Apparently the Adobe conversion is doing >>> something wrong, because the files end up with a weird pattern - a sort >>> of checkerboard pattern, with little crosses in the checkerboard >>> squares, and dots, that I can see very faintly at 66 percent, and >>> painfully clearly at 100 percent. >>> Typed with big fingers on tiny keys >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor at comcast.net> >>> Sender: lug-bounces+bd=bdcolenphoto.com at leica-users.org >>> Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 18:24:29 >>> To: Leica Users Group<lug at leica-users.org> >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Using the Fuji X Pro-1 >>> >>> Ed - I don't if the X Pro-1 sharpens RAW files in the camera or not. >>> The out-of-camera RAW files are 16 bits. They're identified as .RAF >>> files. Silky Pix RAW saves 8 bit TIFs and JPGs from these files. The >>> DNG files are 16 bits. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Dick >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jun 26, 2012, at 5:28 PM, Edward Kowaleski wrote: >>> >>>> It suggests that the Fuji conversion is doing some sharpening in the >>>> processing. Is the processing going on in the camera or in the computer >>>> after you take the chip out of the camera? Does the Fuji image produce >>>> a 16 >>>> Bit Fuji proprietary image (or a TIF) or a PSD file? I'd be curious. >>>> >>>> Ed >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: lug-bounces+ekowaleski=twmi.rr.com at leica-users.org >>>> [mailto:lug-bounces+ekowaleski=twmi.rr.com at leica-users.org] On >>>> Behalf Of >>>> Richard Taylor >>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 11:36 AM >>>> To: Leica Users Group >>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Using the Fuji X Pro-1 >>>> >>>> Ed - I can't make a comparison to the Nikon RAW processor since I've >>>> never >>>> used it. The Fuji RAW processor--at least on the few images I've >>>> tried it >>>> with--seems to produce slightly sharper images but they have noticeable >>>> splotchy color noise that I do not see using the Adobe RAW converter. >>>> The >>>> splotchy noise isn't at all bad, but it is noticeable and I'd rather >>>> not see >>>> it at all. >>>> >>>> I convert all my RAW files to DNG on import just as you do. >>>> >>>> The camera will be with me when I go to Maine and by then we should know >>>> whether or not it's going to be a useful platform for my neglected Leica >>>> lenses. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Dick >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jun 26, 2012, at 11:56 AM, Edward Kowaleski wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks for the update. I'm looking forward to handling it when I see >>>>> you in Bar Harbor. >>>>> >>>>> Do you have an opinion of the quality of images generated from DNG >>>>> files that have been converted from proprietary Fuji or Nikon RAW >>>>> files? I know you find the conversion a little (or lots) longer but >>>>> is there any qualitative difference? >>>>> >>>>> I have been converting all my Panasonic or Nikon RAW images to DNG as >>>>> soon as I take the chip out of the camera. It makes subsequent >>>>> processing and storage simpler (to me) and keeps all my RAW files on >>>>> one platform which I feel confident that Adobe will maintain similar >>>>> to >>>> their Acrobat PDF files. >>>>> I'd appreciate your thoughts on this. >>>>> >>>>> Ed >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: lug-bounces+ekowaleski=twmi.rr.com at leica-users.org >>>>> [mailto:lug-bounces+ekowaleski=twmi.rr.com at leica-users.org] On >>>>> Behalf >>>>> Of Richard Taylor >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 8:29 AM >>>>> To: Leica Users Group >>>>> Subject: [Leica] Using the Fuji X Pro-1 >>>>> >>>>> I've had my X Pro-1 for two weeks now and in thought you might be >>>>> interested in my impressions of the camera. There are many images on >>>>> line testifying to its excellent image quality at low and high ISO so >>>>> I'm not going to add more--at least for now. What they show is all >>>>> true, though, in my experience. >>>>> >>>>> If you've been following the discussions about the camera, not all of >>>>> this >>>>> will be new to you. >>>>> >>>>> In a nutshell, it is the most M-like digital camera I've yet run >>>>> across. >>>>> The aperture dial is on the lens where it belongs, ditto for the >>>>> shutter speed dial and exposure correction dials on the body, and you >>>>> can set the Fn button to bring up ISO settings, so everything you're >>>>> likely to need in routine shooting is right out in the open. The body >>>>> is just a bit smaller than the M9 and weighs about half as much. >>>>> >>>>> With the Fujinon lenses, focus is just like the Leica, except it's >>>>> automatic. Aim the focus rectangle in the OVF at the point you want >>>>> in focus, half press the shutter, watch the frame lines jump into >>>>> place, reframe if necessary and shoot. Perfect! When you're close in >>>>> you've got to use the lower right focus rectangle to correct for >>>>> parallax, but otherwise the procedure is the same. Focus speed is >>>>> more than fast enough, but nowhere near as fast as my Panasonic GX-1. >>>>> >>>>> If you place the focus rectangle correctly, the focus will be spot-on. >>>>> >>>>> OTH, the camera, despite the inclusion of a "Multi-Spot" mode, really >>>>> doesn't have one as far as I've can tell. If you put it in >>>>> Multi-Spot, it will choose the single most contrasty spot in the frame >>>>> to focus on, whether it's your subject's eye or a lightbulb in the far >>>>> corner of the frame. I don't see why this method would work under any >>>>> circumstances, but maybe one of you can enlighten me. >>>>> >>>>> The only way you can shoot from the hip is to lock focus on an >>>>> appropriate middle distance and stop way down, again just as you would >>>>> do >>>> with an M. >>>>> >>>>> I can see the frames lines and data in the OVF with my regular glasses >>>>> on. >>>>> If I'm wearing polarizing sunglasses and holding the camera >>>>> horizontally, >>>>> though, I can't either in the OVF or anything at all in the EVF. With >>>> the >>>>> LCD on the camera back it's the other way around. It's readable with >>>>> the camera horizontal, but not vertical. >>>>> >>>>> Opinions can differ on this of course, but for my purposes LR 4 does a >>>>> better job of processing the RAW files than the Fuji RAW converter >>>>> does. >>>>> There is less blotchy chroma noise and sharpness is almost as good. >>>>> OTH, converting the RAW files to DNG and importing them into LR seems >>>>> to take forever, maybe 3-4 times as long as it takes to import files >>>>> from >>>> my D300. >>>>> >>>>> The only thing about the camera that drives me nuts is the power >>>>> switch. >>>>> Whoever designed it needs to go in for some remedial work on detent >>>> design. >>>>> Even the slightest brush of the hand or the side of a camera bags turns >>>> the >>>>> camera on. Bad, bad, bad. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> Dick >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information