Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]+1 El 28/01/2014, a las 05:43, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> escribi?: > Thank you, Jay. That was very helpful. > > Ken > > > On 1/27/2014 9:53 PM, Jay Burleson wrote: >> Ken, out of the camera, the dng from the MM is (if properly exposed) >> pretty flat looking. >> You will find examples all over with no processing done, which show that >> flatness. >> But the dng is so manipulable, you can pull it in any direction to >> support the look you want. I'll be posting some examples of that later >> tonight. >> >> If you open a MM dng in PS, you will have an 8-bit Greyscale image. >> I don't use PS for much, I use Lightroom, and when LR exports to a jpg, >> it is an sRGB colorspace, so viewing MM and color images on properly >> calibrated monitors and most web browsers is the same. >> >> A properly exposed & developed Tri-X neg is generally accepted to have >> 13.5 stops of dynamic range. >> Several sources stated & test that the MM has a dynamic range of approx. >> 13 plus stops. >> Most of that small loss is in the shoulder, in my opinion. >> >> Once you learn to meter and protect the highlights (since there is no >> chance of recovery if clipped), there are amazing things that can come >> out of the dng. >> >> Jay >> >> On 1/27/2014 6:06 PM, Ken Carney wrote: >>> The MM image looks flat to me, as you say like TMax compared to TriX. >>> Or at least that was my experience with 35mm film. The MM image is an >>> unknown grayscale, and the M9 image is sRGB. How would that affect the >>> comparison, especially as this might affect web display? >>> >>> Question #2: I have been looking again at the dynamic range differences >>> between film and digital especially as concerns b&w. For film, the >>> advantage is more room in the shoulder as compared to digital. How does >>> the MM compare there, i.e., range in the shoulder vs. color digital >>> cameras? >>> >>> Thx >>> >>> Ken >>> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information