Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/28

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Subject: [Leica] Monochrom high iso test
From: benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 21:22:46 +1030
References: <52E73787.3070602@jayburleson.com> <CAF8hL-F-wZhCJJykfCfvsmVfSjKDwwvyQDtcZ0-ovO0LmyPn5A@mail.gmail.com>

I love the texture at ISO 5000 so much particularly in low light with lower
contrast lenses, that I don't do anything to the noise.

Marty



On Tuesday, 28 January 2014, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
wrote:

> Just out of curiosity, does anyone who do all sort of tricks to get "better
> noise behaviors" etc. have good photos to show?
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Jay Burleson <leica at 
> jayburleson.com<javascript:;>
> >wrote:
>
> > I am more apt to follow Ted's advice and just go out and shoot, but
> enough
> > interest has been raised here and on other forums for me to undertake
> this
> > absolutely non-scientific test.
> > There has been some chatter about deliberately underexposing the M9 at a
> > lower iso and then pushing the exposure in post to get better noise
> > results, and questions have been asked, since the Monochrom shares the
> same
> > base sensor as the M9, if that would work with it.
> >
> > The answer is yes and no.
> > It is doable, but (to my eye), there is no appreciable reason to do it.
> > There is a slight (approx. 1/4 stop) gain in the highlight side of the
> > histogram, but the overall noise is the same, and when fully processed,
> no
> > real differences.
> > It does demonstrate how much detail is available in the Monochrom
> shadows;
> > a 5 stop push on the underexposed image was just fine.
> >
> > #2171: iso 10000, -.3 stop exposure compensation, no other Lightroom
> > adjustments.
> >
> > #2172: iso 1250, -.3 stop exposure compensation, + 3 stops exposure added
> > in Lightroom.
> >
> > #2171A: Additional post processing in Lightroom to look correct (in my
> > opinion).
> >
> > #2172A: Additional post processing in Lightroom to look correct (in my
> > opinion).
> >
> > The images are here:
> >
> > http://jayburleson.com/leica/misc_images/mm_iso_test/
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