Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 09:58:40 -0700 (PDT), Peter Klein <pklein@2alpha.net> wrote: > Did you shoot in the LC-1's B&W mode, or convert color pics to B&W later? > Any post processing or noise reduction? All B&W pictures are from LC1-s BW mode. Most of the pictures pass the MINOR histogram adjustment. Except for: the "Speechless: which using special gaugasion effect for some area and "Two Flowers" which sandwitching two pictures. > > The B&Ws at ISO 400 actually looks a lot like ISO 400 film on the screen. > I wonder if they will maintain that quality if the whites and midtones are > brightened and the pics printed at 8x10. If so, that LC-1 is a viable > camera for reasonable available light. Right, the grainy is more look like a film grain. Read that in http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/leica-digilux2-part1.shtml "Unlike the noise I've seen from many digital cameras, including the Leica Digilux 1, the noise in the Digilux 2 ISO 400 files is not "electronic- looking" and I would not hesitate to use ISO 400 for files that might become exhibition prints (just as I've never hesitated to use fast film, with its grain, when needed). " But I still need the ISO 800 or above, considering the lense work at only 2.4 in 90mm (35mm equivalent). > > --Peter Klein > Seattle, WA > > Jerry Justianto <jsjgroups@gmail.com> wrote: > > Just upload my wedding pictures taken with Leicasonic Lumix LC-1 > > http://www.pbase.com/jsjxyz/daniel > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >