Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That is my choice, yes. Whether or not the difference is significant is up to the individual user, naturally. I prefer to preserve all possible information. Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 6 June 2010 20:17, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote: > In plain English, are you saying that uncompressed DNG will give you > "no-compromise" with the exception of slower writes? > > If so, I will stick with that. > > On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 3:07 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com > >wrote: > > > You may like to research the way that the black point is now set > especially > > with higher ISO files when using the in camera compression to see if it > is > > important for you in practice. > > Certainly you may find that the difference is not important for you but > the > > process has changed compared to what was happening in the M8. This may be > > part of the way noise characteristics have been improved for higher > ISO's. > > Specifically you may encounter that the black point may now be set much > > higher (clipping the more contaminated darks). > > > > Cheers > > Geoff > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > > > On 6 June 2010 15:04, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote: > > > > > Thanks for the info. Most of the time I don't find the speed limiting > but > > > there have been a few instances where it was a bit too slow. Nice to > know > > > and I will give it a try. > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 6:57 PM, Scott Gregory <s_gregory1 at mac.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > For what it's worth, I attended the Leica M9 Roadshow in Toronto this > > > past > > > > Thursday. The subject of shooting with the 9 in compression or not > came > > > up > > > > and most of the shooters using M9's including Justin Stailey said > they > > > shoot > > > > the M9 in compressed mode. Reason was the camera works faster for > their > > > > purposes, street photography, wedding work etc. Less information for > > the > > > > camera to move around and said until an engineer comes up with > > something > > > > different they would stay with compressed. Apparently most had done > > > > comparison tests and could not come up with any real negatives > between > > > for > > > > using in terms of quality being less. > > > > For what it's worth! > > > > > > > > Scott > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> > > > // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> > > > // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> > > > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all > > previous > > > replies in your msgs. ] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> > // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> > // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous > replies in your msgs. ] > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >