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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 19/12/2008: Wilma and my M8
From: hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Sun Dec 21 21:27:59 2008
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Hi Nathan that is so, however the Raw converter very likely defaults to some 
sharpening, basically capture sharpening, as well as some noise reduction. 
Certainly you can turn it off, but it is likely on by default.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo@frozenlight.eu>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 3:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 19/12/2008: Wilma and my M8


> Hi Jayanand,
>
> No, the M8 manual explicitly states that settings such as contrast, 
> sharpnesss and colour saturation have no effect if you shoot RAW (i.e. 
> DNG).
>
> When I import images into Lightroom, by default no manipulation is 
> applied to them. I want to control what happens to each image.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> http://www.greatpix.eu
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>
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>
>
>
> On Dec 21, 2008, at 5:35 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
>
>> Nathan,
>> That is terrific - just check that there is no default sharpening 
>> enabled in
>> RAW, which would kick in the Raw converter. Nikon always have some 
>> default
>> sharpening on, which one has to switch off, either in camera, or in 
>> Capture.
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 4:35 PM, Nathan Wajsman 
>> <photo@frozenlight.eu>wrote:
>>
>>> To illustrate in more detail of what I was talking about on Friday,  I 
>>> have
>>> added a 100% crop of what I focused on (Wilma's eye). Again, no 
>>> sharpening
>>> of any kind has been applied.
>>>
>>> http://www.greatpix.eu/gallery/4253606_netUM#440375031_nNzbw-O-LB
>>>
>>> Keep in mind that this is a handheld picture at a rather lively  lunch.
>>>
>>> Nathan
>>>
>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>> Alicante, Spain
>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>>>
>>> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0
>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Dec 19, 2008, at 8:09 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>>>
>>> After the discussion about the M8 colour issues when filters are  not 
>>> used
>>>> in mixed lighting, it is time to show one that demonstrates why I 
>>>> bought the
>>>> M8. This is just a simple portrait of my co-worker Wilma, taken  during 
>>>> our
>>>> Christmas lunch in a restaurant this afternoon. The image is not 
>>>> sharpened,
>>>> and the only things I did to it in Lightroom was to click on AUTO  to 
>>>> adjust
>>>> the levels, and to crop it.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.greatpix.eu/gallery/4253606_netUM#439518642_H5Ymx-O-LB
>>>>
>>>> When I zoom in on Wilma's eye in Lightroom, I can see why I bought  the 
>>>> M8
>>>> (and also that the 35mm Summarit is a great lens). This image is 
>>>> sharper
>>>> right out of the camera than I would have gotten from my E3 or 
>>>> previously my
>>>> Canon 1DII, after sharpening in those cases.
>>>>
>>>> Nathan
>>>>
>>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>>> Alicante, Spain
>>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>>>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>>>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>>>>
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>>>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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