Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/12/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]How RAW is RAW? That is, can an M9 play games with the DNG out of the camera? When I first got my M9 (not going to look up the year but it?s dated by the fact the LR2 came with it), shots taken at 1600 or over were horribly grainy, and even LR couldn?t really fix them. Today, shots at those speeds are not bad, and by the time LR gets through with them, there is nothing to complain about. Is Leica?s upgraded firmware working miracles? Herbert Kanner kanner at acm.org 650-326-8204 Question authority and the authorities will question you. On Dec 29, 2013, at 6:48 PM, tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote: > Hi crew, :-) > The address is..... "Leica M @ 3200!" > > I thought , "Holy cow I remember setting my Leica's for ASA 3200 and the > first thoughts were??????? "OH MY GOSH THE GRAIN IS GOING TO BE BRICK > SIZE! :-) > > And I'll probably throw most of them away? And yes the odd time that was > the case! :-( > Bloody awful actually! :-) Maybe my development added to the grain size! > :-) > > TODAY? WOW! A COMPLETELY NEW BALL GAME THROUGH ADVANCEMENT OF > TECHNOLOGIES!! We see skin near, if not as beautiful as ASA Plus X or > finer! I think the older, more mature folks actually will recognize this > factor quicker than many younger members? Maybe? > > However? I envy the youth of today.... Yea OK some of the elder folks as > well as they use these new wonder cameras shooting B&W! AWESOME! quite > frankly to say the least! > > Aw the wonders of technical advancements and ass tiring of the ages! :-( > > cheers, > Dr. ted! :-) > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2013 2:24 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] M @ 3200 > > > That's what it's for!!!!!! > And if you select the 'sharpen for faces' (capture sharpening) preset you > will see an excellent example of how well it works. > Set your capture sharpening first then apply the noise reduction. They are > inter-related. > > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On 30 December 2013 08:18, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> > wrote: > >> Wow, I didn't notice the Mask setting in the LR Sharpen tool, now I have >> to >> check it out. >> >> So looks like higher the mask value, only the edges will be sharpened. >> GREAT! >> >> Thanks >> >> >> On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 9:22 AM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Herb. Thanks. >>> I use the Sharpening tool in LR5 develop module. I set the radius to 0.9, >>> hold the Alt/Option key while sliding the mask slider to see what i want >> to >>> sharpen (shows in white on the image being worked on). For skin tones, I >>> tend to not sharpen the skin (all black on the screen). Then move the >>> amount, luminosity and contrast sliders until grain starts to appear >>> (moving back and forth in large swings and bracketing to small distances >> is >>> very helpful). >>> That's about it. >>> For prints I use NIK? >>> So the short answer is yes, but this won't work with severe noise. I tend >>> to do this process with every image... >>> Hope that helps, >>> Bob >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 12:34 AM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Impressive! Is my assumption that you did some noise reduction correct? >>>> Herbert Kanner >>>> kanner at acm.org >>>> 650-326-8204 >>>> >>>> Question authority and the authorities will question you. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Dec 28, 2013, at 9:34 PM, Bob Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I dunno. I think the M @ 3200 has tolerable noise... >>>>> http://www.rgaphoto.com/2013-12-28-Remes-Sinton/index.html >>>>> >>>>> My grand nephew (who rarely stops moving) and grand niece. >>>>> Best, >>>>> Bob >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPad >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Bob Adler >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >