Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]FYI to anyone interested, I'm discovering that to get the most of Leica lenses it may not be wise to rely on any default settings on the D700. Putting Leica lenses on a D700 is not as plug and play as I first thought, IOW. It's certainly not as P&P as using a chipped Nikkor. OTOH, the potential may be greater. I've been tweaking Picture Control in the D700 and saving custom profiles for each Leica lens. The results are getting better Surprise! Those menu settings --and there are lots -- really do do something. I'm still learning. I'm probably going to end up with multiple custom setting for each lens, depending on the conditions. I can choose a custom setting faster than I can physically change lenses, so it's practical to use them. My goal is to shoot JPGs and get them as right as possible straight from the camera. I'm tired of dealing with post processing. Even raw files don't excite me too much. And while Lightroom and PS (and even NX2) are nifty programs who has time to learn them all? So I'm just seeing where I can get to with minimum post processing. Here's a D700 50/2 Summicron shot. http://www.daverodgers.net/images/image23.htm It's probably way smarter to grab an image and fix it later with software. But where's the fun in that? :-) My real goal is to spend less time at a computer. Dave R