Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/05/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bob, Great shot! Cheers Jayanand On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 12:39 AM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > Exactly! Why dumb down data that is there with the exact same camera > (M240)? Why throw any data away?? 14bit depth is the benchmark for best > quality final print images. Yes you compress files to get to a print, but > if you compress from real data rather than using real data, it certainly > will be a greater degradation: a guess of a guess rather than a guess. > > Not exactly what I want to spend $8k on. I'll wait until the next model of > the color body that hopefully will change how they have implemented live > view. That's my biggest nit with the M240.(longer exposure time would be > nice too...) > > My last image at ISO 3200 with the M240 is pretty satisfying to me: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rgacpa_HI/Bedtime+Story-2015-04-25.jpg.html > Certainly was never able to get film to look this good at 3200. > > On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 10:20 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at > gmail.com> > wrote: > > > The only point I will make is that you can see the difference in colour > > gradation between 12 bit and 14 bit colour on close inspection, the > latter > > is smoother, as is to be expected. Whether it makes a whole lot of > > difference, when you do not have large prints side by side to compare > > carefully, is dependent on the individual. I normally shoot in 14 bit on > my > > Nikon D800E, but I change to 12 bit colour when I plan to use continuous > > mode, as the buffer clears up a lot faster! > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > >