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Subject: [Leica] Adventures in Alpha-Land (warning: for pixel peekers only)
From: afirkin at afirkin.com (afirkin at afirkin.com)
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 21:01:58 -0400
References: <AANLkTin5Gtnoz7vbA1rVkQLDHv+qq84NSt0=7=c6DdGJ@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks, I'll check them out on the screen at home later. How are you
finding the camera's operation with the R glass? cumbersome?

Cheers

Alastair

> As requested I am posting some test shots taken with my a900. All were
> taken using a 50 Summicron at f8. I varied shutter speed only to keep
> exposure constant. IS, noise reduction and Sony's DR feature were
> turned off. All were taken at the full resolution of 24 megapixels
> which naturally results in the highest noise quotient, IMHO. I
> included the full size shot at ASA 800 as well as 100% crops for ASA
> 100, 200, 400 and 800 and I threw in 1600 just for comparison. All
> photos were processed with Adobe Camera RAW in CS5 with no retouching.
> Sharpness was set to 50 for all shots. Hope this helps some of you to
> decide whether or not the a900 is worth a try when you DMR dies (I
> hope not soon!)
>
> ASA 800 crop:
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/digiratidoc/Friday/Flowers/Sony/DSC00182.jpg.html>
>
> ASA 100 crop:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/digiratidoc/Friday/Flowers/Sony/DSC00185.jpg.html>
>
> Full size image at ASA 800:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/digiratidoc/Friday/Flowers/Sony/AlphaTest.jpg.html>
>
> ASA 200 crop:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/digiratidoc/Friday/Flowers/Sony/DSC00184.jpg.html>
>
> ASA 400 crop:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/digiratidoc/Friday/Flowers/Sony/DSC00183.jpg.html>
>
> And finally ASA 1600 crop:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/digiratidoc/Friday/Flowers/Sony/DSC00181.jpg.html>
>
> Jim Laird
>
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