Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/13

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Subject: [Leica] 3200 ISO with the new M240
From: henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:59:27 -0700
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Both.


On 2013-03-13, at 3:53 PM, Robert G Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Henning,
> Is this on the LCD back panel or the optional EVF?
> Thanks,
> Bob
> 
> Bob Adler
> 
> On Mar 13, 2013, at 3:47 PM, Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com> 
> wrote:
> 
>> Yes, there is. The little button on the front where the film rewind 
>> thingie was, when pressed in when Live View is enabled, will magnify with 
>> variable magnification and focus peaking. It doesn't work all that well 
>> with the Noctilux (focus peaking) as the lens doesn't have enough 
>> contrast at f/1. Also, the focus peaking is too coarse to work with 
>> extremely wide angle lenses. You're much better off using the rangefinder 
>> with those.
>> 
>> Henning
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 2013-03-13, at 3:01 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> hi Henning, with manual focus, is there some form of magnification to 
>>> assist focus?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Steve
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Mar 13, 2013, at 2:19 PM, Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> This shot was taken with the M240 and 75mm Summilux at f/1.4 (EXIF 
>>>> notwithstanding) and processed in LR4 with auto WB. No noise reduction 
>>>> used.
>>>> 
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hwulff/grandkids/L1000437.jpg.html
>>>> 
>>>> Here is a center crop:
>>>> 
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hwulff/grandkids/L1000437crop.jpg.html
>>>> 
>>>> No sharpening, no noise reduction, just crop and export from LR4
>>>> 
>>>> As I mentioned before, I believe this is better than the M9 can do at 
>>>> ISO 1250.
>>>> 
>>>> Henning Wulff
>>>> henningw at archiphoto.com
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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Henning Wulff
henningw at archiphoto.com






Replies: Reply from rgacpa at gmail.com (Robert Adler) ([Leica] 3200 ISO with the new M240)
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