Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/31

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Subject: [Leica] Adventures in Alpha-Land (warning: for pixel peekers only)
From: digiratidoc at gmail.com (James Laird)
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 18:08:44 -0500
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George,

It was a flimsy but yes, locked down.

Jim Laird

On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 6:06 PM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> 
wrote:
> Was the camera locked down on a tripod Jim?
>
>
> Regards,
> George
> (from iPad)
>
> On Oct 31, 2010, at 14:41, James Laird <digiratidoc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> As requested I am posting some test shots taken with my a900. All were
>> taken using a 50 Summicron at f8. I varied shutter speed only to keep
>> exposure constant. IS, noise reduction and Sony's DR feature were
>> turned off. All were taken at the full resolution of 24 megapixels
>> which naturally results in the highest noise quotient, IMHO. I
>> included the full size shot at ASA 800 as well as 100% crops for ASA
>> 100, 200, 400 and 800 and I threw in 1600 just for comparison. All
>> photos were processed with Adobe Camera RAW in CS5 with no retouching.
>> Sharpness was set to 50 for all shots. Hope this helps some of you to
>> decide whether or not the a900 is worth a try when you DMR dies (I
>> hope not soon!)
>>
>> ASA 800 crop:
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/digiratidoc/Friday/Flowers/Sony/DSC00182.jpg.html>
>>
>> ASA 100 crop:
>>
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/digiratidoc/Friday/Flowers/Sony/DSC00185.jpg.html>
>>
>> Full size image at ASA 800:
>>
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/digiratidoc/Friday/Flowers/Sony/AlphaTest.jpg.html>
>>
>> ASA 200 crop:
>>
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/digiratidoc/Friday/Flowers/Sony/DSC00184.jpg.html>
>>
>> ASA 400 crop:
>>
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/digiratidoc/Friday/Flowers/Sony/DSC00183.jpg.html>
>>
>> And finally ASA 1600 crop:
>>
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/digiratidoc/Friday/Flowers/Sony/DSC00181.jpg.html>
>>
>> Jim Laird
>>
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Replies: Reply from imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] Adventures in Alpha-Land (warning: for pixel peekers only))
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