Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/10/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Very nice! I do about the same with the M240. The higher ISOs are better but I'd still rather underexpose night shots and use a lower ISO. Here is one from Hanoi: http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/156817904 Tina On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 5:39 PM, <mitcha at mac.com> wrote: > I have always liked the colors that one can get with the M9, and the ones > at night can be particularly beautiful as long as one processes the files > to look like night. One that I like particularly is this Bangkok picture: > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/malland/9139937872/in/photostream/lightbox/ > > The above pictures was shot at ISO 800 with the Summilux-50 pre-APH lens > (f/2.8 at 1/60 sec). If you want to see more you can download the following > 8MB PDF file with 16 Bangkok night shots: > > http://bit.ly/1i93new > > Most of these were shot using the technique of ?shooting at ISO 640 and > pushing in Lightroom 5;? some have been pushed as much as 4 stops. Shooting > in this way actually makes the M9 a good camera for low light night > photography, considering the results that are possible even in street > photography. > > Most of these pictures were made on very dark nights, often without any > street lights: the light mostly was from fluorescent tubes from shop > windows or food carts. Conditioned by the bright, flat light in shopping > centers, we tend to think of fluorescent lighting as ugly; actually > fluorescent tubes can produce beautiful colors. Indeed, there is a range of > fluorescent cine lights called "Kino Flo.? > > C&C welcomed. Also, please post your color night shots. > > - - Mitch > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com