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And just a little touch of noise reduction processing in LR6.3 cleans up the (admittedly rather nice) noise pattern too, without degrading the sharpness. I imagine that even better results can come of working on the raw file.A stormy day and an obliging Red-breasted Sapsucker combined gave me an opportunity to see what the SL's files are like at ISO 3200. This is a biggie to me because I'm quite fond of the a7II's sensor stabilization, which the SL lacks. I haven't used the Sony at ISO higher than 400 because I'm not fond of the noise pattern so a usable higher ISO with the SL would compensate for the lack of IBIS.
Leica SL, Canon FD 500mm f/4.5 L, 1/1000 sec @ f/8, ISO 3200, big ol' Gitzo, significant crop:
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/sphyrapicus/rbsaps03.jpg
100% crop, no sharpening or noise reduction:
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/SL/L1060480_100.jpg
To me this image looks pretty good for ISO3200, specially the color. What do you think?A stormy day and an obliging Red-breasted Sapsucker combined gave me an opportunity to see what the SL's files are like at ISO 3200. This is a biggie to me because I'm quite fond of the a7II's sensor stabilization, which the SL lacks. I haven't used the Sony at ISO higher than 400 because I'm not fond of the noise pattern so a usable higher ISO with the SL would compensate for the lack of IBIS.
Leica SL, Canon FD 500mm f/4.5 L, 1/1000 sec @ f/8, ISO 3200, big ol' Gitzo, significant crop:
100% crop, no sharpening or noise reduction:
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/SL/L1060480_100.jpg
I'm impressed.To me this image looks pretty good for ISO3200, specially the color. What do you think?
Nice.For what it’s worth… V-Elmarit-28/90 vs Summicron-50-ASPH on the SL.
Tripod, f.11, equal distance, manual focus, no sharpening, using adapter for the 50mm.
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A little fun with macro.
I have been thinking of what it will take to capture Minox negatives with the Leica SL. Minox negatives are 8x11mm in size, so high magnification—beyond 1:1—is essential to get a nice, high pixel count. Also, because Minox film typically has a 1-3mm curvature when dry, you need enough DoF to capture clean, sharp images edge to edge.
I have the Macro-Elmarit-R 60mm as well as 2x Extender-R and Macro Adapter R (basically, an aperture coupled extension tube). Normally, I wouldn't use them together because the couplings can cause inaccuracies on Leica R SLRs when you're using two adapters like this, but on the SL which ignores all the mechanical couplings, that's not a concern.
So I fitted them all together, SL+Macro Adapter R+2x Extender-R+Macro-Elmarit-R 60, set the lens to maximum extension, and called upon the services of my friendly model:
Focusing carefully, I then made three exposures
@ f/2.8:
@ f/5.6
@ f/11
To check DoF and resulting magnification, I added a ruler:
Looking at the mm scale, this setup is going to result in about a 1.9:1 magnification ... I really want closer to 3:1.
Hmm. I'll need more macro tubes...
G
I'll work with what I have, thanks. Since I did the test you pointed to, I acquired the bellows R and have done tests with several of my lenses. The Summicron-R 50mm works very well for Minox negatives at just shy of 3:1 magnification.You would be better off using a true micro lens. Leitz, CZ, Nikon, Olympus all made top class objectives.
Camera -> Leica R adapter -> bellows R -> Leica R to 1" thread microscope adapter -> objective.
Alternatively, Canon makes a 5x- 1 x micro. Perhaps that can be adapted to the SL? Not sure how it will compare optically to the Luminars or Photars.
Sorry, ceh, I don't have either of these lenses. Maybe Godfrey?Hi all,
how the lenses Elmarit-R 2.8/35 and Elmarit-R 2.8/90 work at one SL?
Is there anybody who can share their experience with this combinations?
Hi all,
how the lenses Elmarit-R 2.8/35 and Elmarit-R 2.8/90 work at one SL?
Is there anybody who can share their experience with this combinations?
I don't have those lenses either. However, I'm sure Leica provides lens codes for them in the SL's lens code library and expect that they work well.Sorry, ceh, I don't have either of these lenses. Maybe Godfrey?