Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]BW conversion is a good way to go. But...if you stop thinking about the E-1 as a howitzer, it won't be. I honest-to-God to not feel a difference between the E-1 and the M in terms of how I work with it. Do I prefer the feel of the M? Absolutely! But when push comes to shove, it really doesn't seem to make a difference. Also, on the E330 smoothing...I really think that's her skin, because I've noticed that the E330 gives me a less noisy, yet more real look than say the E500 at 800 iso... On 4/19/06 2:35 PM, "Klein, Peter A" <kleinp@BATTELLE.ORG> wrote: > Wow! That's my kind of picture! The eyes have it, indeed! Just > beautiful. > > The E-330 is certainly proving itself viable as a B&W available light > camera. I'm wondering if the camera's internal noise reduction is > responsible for some of the "perfect skin" look. I looked closely, and > there are hints of a few zits that were smoothed out by something. > > I don't know how you do it, B.D. Whenever I take my E-1 and 14-54 out, > I feel like I'm toting a howitzer compared to a Leica. I feel much more > conspicuous. And I never get the level of detail you do. Even shooting > RAW. Granted, there's a 5 - 7.5 megapixel difference, but you were > doing fine with the E-1 as well. > > I'm going to have to try some B&W conversion with the E-1. Maybe that's > part of the "secret." > > -Peter > > At 09:42 PM 4/18/2006, B.D. wrote: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/BDCOLENPHOTOS/LOOK >> >> Comments, criticisms, witticisms. >> B. D. > > Tina wrote: > >> Wow, what eyes! A great "slice of life" photo that makes you wonder >> about the people involved. She's almost too beautiful. I can >> imagine advertising photographers working for hours with lights and >> models to try to come up with a "natural" looking shot to use in a >> slick advertising campaign, but not coming close to the real feeling >> you see here. I even like the out-of-focus woman framing the >> photo. Just wonderful. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information