Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/12/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Luis, Glad you liked the shot. When I was talking about ISO 3200, I was not talking about that shot. I simply took a shot or two at some high ISO values to compare the noise to that of the M9. I assume that the little Nikon toy has a CMOS sensor and the Leica has a CCD. It would seem that CCD is noisier than CMOS. Herb >Herbert, > >Really nice good shot with this small camera, but you say at ISO >3200 and the EXIF shows 200.... ? > >cheers >Lluis > > >El 17/12/2011, a las 7:27, Herbert Kanner escribi?: > >>Having lost my darkroom and, by now, probably my darkroom skills, I >>no longer consider film, and therefore a fair collection of >>pocketable cameras, e.g. Rollei 35, are now paper weights until >>sold. So, what to do for the camera one always has with one--no, I >>don't have an iPhone and no intention of getting one. >> >>Before deciding to invest in a full-frame digital camera, I bought >>Lightroom and a "junk" camera, a Nikon Coolpix S610 to help me >>decide whether I would be happy in the digital world. Then came the >>decision as to which camera, and as I wrote before, remembering how >>much I loved my M6, I took the hideous financial plunge and bought >>an M9 body. >> >>Recently, I started brooding about the fact that I should start >>having a camera with me all the time, and am emotionally incapable >>of risking even cosmetic damage to a $7K device. Besides, the M9, >>while light, small, and handy, is just not, to me, a wear it all >>the time camera. >> >>What to get? Most cameras that produce RAW are expensive enough to >>cause marital problems and I don't think any could be called pocket >>size--possibly one of the Ricoh models, but I'm damned if I'll pay >>that price for a camera that doesn't come with a viewfinder. >> >>Finally, I started to reconsider that miserable little Nikon. It >>took about an hour to find all the menus, disable almost all >>automatic features, and get its behavior to approximate that of a >>film point and shoot. So, the only auto feature I left in is color >>balance, since that would minimize the amount of color adjustment >>needed in LR. Next, I set it to do only center-weighted focus, with >>a focus lock, which is also an exposure lock, when the shutter >>release is pushed to a point of resistance. It took me a long time >>to discover the menu for setting ISO manually. I then was pleased >>to see that ISO value always shows on the screen. Also shutter >>speed and stop show when the release is pressed to the resistance >>point. ISO change is the way to control shutter speed because the >>stop range is small. So, with all of these settings, the camera >>becomes usable! Finally, there is a macro mode, which will be >>helpful with flowers. >> >>I was surprised at how low the noise level is at ISO 3200--a bit >>better than the M9 at 2400. >> >>A tribute to the near death of this year's fall colors is here: >> >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/Last+fall+colors.jpg.html >>-- >>Herbert Kanner >>kanner at acm.org >>650-326-8204 >> >>Question authority and the authorities will question you. >> >>_______________________________________________ >>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 -- Herbert Kanner kanner at acm.org 650-326-8204 Question authority and the authorities will question you.