Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alastair, there's no 3200 setting. It only goes up to 800, at least with the current version of the firmware. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com On Apr 17, 2006, at 10:24 PM, Alastair Firkin wrote: > Well it looks pretty good: what happens if you set it at 3200 ISO > deliberately? > > During my granddaughter's first easter egg hunt I accidentally made a >> couple of exposures at 1/1000 sec where the meter indicated something >> closer to 1/100 sec, so this was about 3 stops underexposed. The DMR >> was set at ISO 400 making these photos exposed at about EI 3200. I >> pushed during processing to compensate using ACR bundled with Adobe >> Photoshop Elements 3.0 which as I understand it doesn't do a great job >> at noise reduction. No other noise reduction software was used, so >> consider this a worst-case scenario. >> >> Keep in mind I'm making no claims w.r.t. the artistic merit or my >> focussing skill in this picture; you can see that her coat's zipper >> and >> embroidery is in the plane of focus, not her eyes. I'm also making no >> claims w.r.t. the usability of this photo from a noise point of view, >> that's up to each of us to decide individually. Just the facts, >> ma'am. >> >> Here's the full picture: >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/temp/ariana.jpg >> >> and a 100% crop (not dial-up friendly): >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/temp/ariana_crop.jpg >> >> Doug Herr >> Birdman of Sacramento >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > >