Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yep - but possibly it could benefit by a little cropping. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard" <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 8:01 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Winter Solstice, Return of the Light pic > OK, I played with it a little more, I forgot which part I did with the > Epson PhotoRAW and which part I did with the Photoshop, but this time is > almost only Epson PhotoRAW changes: > http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/EPSN0298_BW2.jpg > > Certainly the noise is much better. The shadow is darker but I guess truer > to the actual scene... > > At 09:06 PM 12/12/2004, you wrote: > >>Richard, >> >>It seems a bit noisier than my Fuji Neopan 1600 images, and certainly >>noisier than the images I now shoot with the Canon 20D at ISO 1600. But >>there are so many variables involved--for example, how much did you have >>to bring up the shadow, and did you do it in Photoshop or during the RAW >>conversion? I find that any significant corrections in Photoshop at these >>speeds (as opposed to during RAW conversion) result in too much noise, >>both with scanned film and digital capture. >> >>Nathan >> >>Richard wrote: >> >>>http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/EPSN0298_BW.jpg >>>ASA1600, converted using Epson PhotoRAW >>>It has quite a bit of digital noise, from both using ASA1600, USM, and >>>bringing up the shadow to see the faces in the background. For people >>>that are used to shoot B&W, does the noise look worse than B&W film shot >>>at ASA1600? > > // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please > use richard at imagecraft.com) > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information