Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]After reading yours, I too desaturated poor old Bud and agree that as a portrait I prefer the b&w version to the color. Now I'll print out both versions & see which the subject himself prefers. Roy On Sunday, June 29, 2003, at 04:18 PM, Alastair Firkin wrote: > Well, I desaturated "Bud" and have to suggest that it is better than > one might get at 800 !!! at least, some of the 800's I've used in the > past. > > Cheers > On Monday, Jun 30, 2003, at 02:47 Australia/Melbourne, Roy Zartarian > wrote: > >> By the second day I had my Leicanon 10D, I had figured out how to >> crank it up to 3200 to see how it would perform. You know, it's the >> same of thing we do after installing a new car stereo system. >> >> One of the results has been posted at: >> http://www.photo.net/users/royzart/pecow/bud.html >> I didn't apply any sort of noise reduction to the image. While noise >> does appear in the background and in the shadow area under the chin, >> I liken it to what I'd expect to see on 3200 speed film. >> >> For those who want to see the original, I'd be most happy to send the >> original Canon RAW file (app. 6 mb) or the subsequent TIF (36 mb) >> >> Roy >> >> >> On Sunday, June 29, 2003, at 12:15 PM, Will von Dauster wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> On Sunday, June 29, 2003, at 07:10 AM, Tina Manley wrote: >>> >>>> Digital is not there yet for low-light, but it's getting there. I >>>> love the depth of field of the M lenses and doubt that can be >>>> duplicated in digital, but you never know! >>> >>> I would have agreed with Tina on this without reservation until my >>> recent acquisition of a Canon 10D, after playing with - er, >>> evaluating - one owned by friend Bill Nelsch. >>> >>> Its low light performance is, in a word, excellent. To my eyes it >>> matches film through ISO 800, and produces usable if pixelated >>> images at ISO 1600. At ISO 400 it is at least as good as film for my >>> purposes, perhaps better. >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see >> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> >> > Alastair > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html