Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, It is difficult for me to make comparisons of images from two cameras when one is shot at f/6.8 and the other at f/2. I think you need to select common settings for such comparisons to have any real meaning. DoF makes a big difference. Just my 2 cents. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 11/30/2015 2:34 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > PESO: > > I took some photos in the rain to compare the SL with the R19/2.8, the SL > with the 35/2.0 Summicron and the M240 with the Summicron. As I was > carrying the cameras out to the deck, I passed the kitchen scale so I > weighed them. The SL with no lens weighed 966 grams. The M240 with the > 35/2.0 attached weighed 961 grams, so not a huge difference. > > When I attach the M lenses, the SL automatically recognized the coded > lenses with no further attention from me. When I attach the R lenses, I go > to the menu and tell it which R lens is attached. It recognizes the lens > but does not record the correct aperture. I know I took several at F/8 and > used hyperfocal focusing, but none of them came up as having f/8 for the > aperture. > > The SL is much easier to focus. I tried out both the magnifying in the EVF > and the focus peaking. Both work fine but the magnified EVF is much easier > to see. You press the bottom right button once and it zooms to 100% in the > EVF, press it twice and it zooms to 200%. Focus and touch the shutter > button and it zooms back out and takes the photo. > > With the auto-focus SL lens, there are several focusing formats to choose > from in the SL and you can also touch the screen and have it focus there > or move the toggle switch (they call it the joystick) next to the EFG to > choose a focus spot. I find the screen and the toggle switch to be easiest > and fastest. But these are all manually focused with M and R lenses. > > The first one is an experiment with the Noctilux last night using the > magnified EVF to focus on Tom's eyelashes instead of the glasses frame. > > http://www.pbase.com/image/161961923 > > The next three are straight from the camera as DNGs, converted to jpegs as > they are exported with no other adjustments. > > Leica SL with 19/2.8 Elmarit R: > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/161961755 > > Leica SL with 35/2.0 Summicron M: > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/161961757 > > Leica M240 with 35/2.0 Summicron M: > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/161961758 > > I did some bracketed exposures and merged the photos for HDR with each > camera and each lens. These are adjusted for color and exposure: > > *http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/leica_sl&page=7 > <http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/leica_sl&page=7>* > > The SL will also bracket the 3 exposures as DNGs and make a merged jpeg > from them automatically. I found those needed more adjusting than making > them myself. > > What do you think? > > Tina > >