Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's rather better than expected for 3200, given the reports out there. The detail in the zipper is plain to see. Thanks for this Doug. Rick. >> >> During my granddaughter's first easter egg hunt I accidentally >> made a >>> couple of exposures at 1/1000 sec where the meter indicated >>> something >>> closer to 1/100 sec, so this was about 3 stops underexposed. The >>> DMR >>> was set at ISO 400 making these photos exposed at about EI 3200. I >>> pushed during processing to compensate using ACR bundled with Adobe >>> Photoshop Elements 3.0 which as I understand it doesn't do a >>> great job >>> at noise reduction. No other noise reduction software was used, so >>> consider this a worst-case scenario. >>> >>> Keep in mind I'm making no claims w.r.t. the artistic merit or my >>> focussing skill in this picture; you can see that her coat's >>> zipper and >>> embroidery is in the plane of focus, not her eyes. I'm also >>> making no >>> claims w.r.t. the usability of this photo from a noise point of >>> view, >>> that's up to each of us to decide individually. Just the facts, >>> ma'am. >>> >>> Here's the full picture: >>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/temp/ariana.jpg >>> >>> and a 100% crop (not dial-up friendly): >>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/temp/ariana_crop.jpg >>> >>> Doug Herr >>> Birdman of Sacramento >>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information