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Hi Peter
Thank You!
The pictures were taken with three different cameras - the bread shot was taken with a really early prototype (which definitely did show banding - although not seriously IMHO). Later and better calibrated sensors are better.
All I can see on your thumbnail is nuts . . . but I guess that wasn't the point!
The new information provided was in the form of DNG files . You could assume that the intent was to allow potential buyers or just interested photographers to compare . Compare to what ? In my case I use 3 systems ..the M9 ,the D800e and the Leica S2 all with Leica lenses .He already did.
I've only had time to glance at three of the DNGs so far, but what I see looks great, an improvement on the M9. Just what I expected.
The other thing I'm interested in will have to wait, like:
- how well does it image with the Color Skopar 21 and 28?
- what's the responsiveness like? Shutter lag and write time...
- how well does the focus peaking work for doing macro work with adapted lenses?
These re what interest me, not how the camera compares with a D800 or whether it is sensitive enough to photograph the proverbial black cat in a coal mine at night. I don't make cat photos...
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Hi Roger,The point on the magenta coat is that it looks exactly like the type of IR contamination we had with the M8 ...not like a tint calibration . Its one of those things that will show up in black fabrics . I can t find anywhere that Jono commented on this .
The point on the magenta coat is that it looks exactly like the type of IR contamination we had with the M8 ...not like a tint calibration . Its one of those things that will show up in black fabrics . I can t find anywhere that Jono commented on this .
xxHi Paul
quick off the mark! The young lady will be very pleased with your remark (it's my wife) - the jacket is purply/blue, the IR is pretty much exactly the same as the M9 - certainly no worse - so - there is a light effect with some acrylic materials.
Jono ... Thanks for clarifying that, I was a bit surprised when I saw it ... the purple I mean, of course, I'm not surprised how young your wife looks ... photographers always seem to have younger wives and also seem to live to a ripe old age. There's a connection there I'm sure.Hi Paul
quick off the mark! The young lady will be very pleased with your remark (it's my wife) - the jacket is purply/blue, the IR is pretty much exactly the same as the M9 - certainly no worse - so - there is a light effect with some acrylic materials.
Jono, thanks for taking the time to answer all the questions.Went thru the additional Leica proof files (available on the Leica website) and focused on the high ISO images 3200 and 6400. Both I feel are excellent and at the "state of the market" ...probably behind Nikon if you compare similar sized files (23mp verse 36mp) and consider that the D3S/D4 is really a different market .
Evenness of the lighting plays a factor (good light at 3200 is different than a night shot at 3200) ..the loss of DR and color desaturation is there at 6400 and the under exposed shadows are mushy as you might expect . The Leica proofs are good samples and working them in LR4 shows their potential.
For street work ISO1600 is normally enough with a fast lens and its the DR to cover the -2EV drop in the shadows that too often kills a photograph . Thats my criteria ..yours may differ ....but its the basis for my POV.
Thumbs up to Leica for getting this one right ..it excels at base ISO and ramps up to 3200 very nicely . This also translates back into improved DR and color saturation at middle ISO levels .....so you may not need 3200 but you can enjoy a much cleaner ISO 400 and 800 than we have on the M9 .