Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/02/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yesterday, as part of my continuing evaluation of the Leica SL for my use, I visited Colusa National Wildlife Refuge north of Sacramento, what I consider a target-rich environment. I didn't expect great art from this day's photography so I was not disappointed ;). I wanted to see how the SL's raw files looked in a context I was familiar with when using the DMR and a7II. In a nutshell, I'm delighted with the raw files. Aside from conversion to jpg all I did was use a Photoshop curves layer to adjust black point and (infrequently) white point. That's all. The colors are rich and full with excellent gradation. Details: I used the Canon FD 500mm L at f/5.6, ISO 400. Manual focus without magnification is not difficult, and in challenging cases magnification is available at the touch of a button. I'd like to see a firmware update to enable two-step magnification on the joystick like the bottom left button has. The first magnification step is usually more than sufficient for critical manual focus and is easier to track a moving target. The other firmware update that would make this camera much more useful to me is being able to make the 'exposure preview' mode sticky. the pix: http://www.wildlightphoto.com/SL/L1060187.jpg http://www.wildlightphoto.com/SL/L1060234.jpg (full detail in blacks, no highlight clipping, a first for this bird!) http://www.wildlightphoto.com/SL/L1060317.jpg http://www.wildlightphoto.com/SL/L1060328.jpg http://www.wildlightphoto.com/SL/L1060337.jpg http://www.wildlightphoto.com/SL/L1060346.jpg http://www.wildlightphoto.com/SL/L1060350.jpg All comments are welcome. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com