Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree with Alastair. I find Auto WB to be the offender. I can shoot 3 or 4 of the exact same photo within a few seconds and one may be different. (generally warmer the way Bob Baron shows}. I now shoot RAW exclusively and find it extremely easy to correct so I don't worry about it. I also never use AWB indoors. Len On Feb 17, 2007, at 6:15 PM, Alastair Firkin wrote: > > On 18/02/2007, at 8:59, Robert D. Baron wrote: > >> I was in Dallas Texas last week and stopped by Cooters Village >> Camera, the Leica dealer in Highland Park Village Center. Very >> knowledgeable and nice folks. >> >> They kindly allowed me to try their demo M8 with a couple of my >> lenses (Noctilux and 28mm Summicron ASPH) and sold me an SD card >> of my own I could then bring home and look more closely at the >> test shots I took. >> >> I have been highly impressed with the shots and comments posted >> here recently by the members of the Non-Whining M8 Photographers >> Association (you know who you are). >> >> I did have the usual quibbles of my own (the shutter tripping and >> re-cocking noise will take getting used to; too much digital image >> noise compared to Canon at higher ISO; is it *really* worth >> $5,000US?) but overall I can see how it would be great to use in >> many situations instead of my current Canon digital behemoths. >> >> One question I have is about the color it produced on my test; I >> may be having brain fade and not remembering something I should >> know, but please take a look at these 4 test shots from ISO 160 to >> 2500 (you can see the ISO of each when you click through from the >> thumbnails to the full size images) and tell me why there is such >> a color shift as the ISO increases: http://www.bobbaron.com/ >> M8TestFeb07/index.htm > > I have found that the wb on the M8 is pretty variable. I think it > may be slow: if I take 3 shots of the same subject in a row, the wb > often varies quite a lot. If I give it time to write to the card > then take the second, it seems more reliable. Because I'm shooting > all RAW, I just keep it on "daylight" most of the time and adjust > later. I have set up profiles with slightly different settings: > > Daylight on low ISO > > Daylight on mid ISO with b/w preview > > Autobalance on high ISO for interiors etc > > I can move between the profiles quickly and change them on the fly > from there. > > Cheers > > Alastair > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information