Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/10/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina - the ?Shoot at ISO 640 and push in LR4/5? technique can also be used with the M-Monochrom, except that it becomes ?Shoot at ISO 1250 and push in LR4/5.? While the in-camera high-iSO capability of the M-Monochrom is better than that of the M9 underexposing and then pushing in post has an advantage with the M-Monochrom: while I have no problems shooting at ISO 3200 with the M-Monochrom, by the time you shoot at ISOs as high as 4,000 or 5,000 the dynamics range gets much narrower than at ISO 3200 or 1250 and getting the exposure spot-on becomes important. However, when shooting at night, usually in high-contrast lighting, getting the exposure can be difficult particularly with 21mm and 28mm wide-angle lenses. For this reason, even with the M-Monochrom, I find it better to use the technique under discussion. I haven?t tried the M240, but you may want to look at Jim Kasson?s blog, to which there is a link in the following long thread: http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-m9-forum/292708-m9-colors-night-best-way-shoot.html I linked this thread in an earlier reply to Richard Man. Jim has done a lot of testing in confirming the validity of the M9 "?Shoot at ISO 640 and push in LR4/5? technique.? Also, at the time of the above thread, Jim acquired an M240 and did the same testing for the ?Shoot at ISO 1250 and push in LR4/5? technique for the M240. As i recall, he found some initial problems in the color reaction to this technique, but, as I don?t have an M240, I haven?t followed this issue, so I don?t know whether he found a solution and what it might be. - - Mitch > Subject: [Leica] IMGs: Beauty of M9 colors at night (Bangkok portfolio) > From: tmanley at gmail.com (Tina Manley) > Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 18:31:08 -0400 > References: <54EB6482-CDDC-4F8B-852F-18D151AE3B4E at mac.com> > 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 > >