Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/07/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug, new Sony, avail in Sacto Aug 5 at Mikes. J street s > On Jul 17, 2015, at 10:19 AM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> > wrote: > > Don Dory wrote: > >>>> > The Canon 500 is probably your best bet unless you spend into > the Leica APO modular lenses which cost as much as your truck. > <<< > > Have you seen my truck? The Leica Modular APO lenses are worth 3-4 times > what my truck is worth ;) Weight is probably similar. > > >>>> > I would figure out what corrections need to be made to color and contrast > and just > apply a global correction to any images taken with the 500 in LR or > whatever > software you are using to do RAW conversion. Once you dial in the > correction then doing a global fix is pretty easy to add to your work flow. > <<< > > OK thanks. I just have to work out what those corrections are. > >>>> > As to the Sony, I believe it is currently the best solution to someone with > lenses from several vendors; > <<< > > I agree! I expect to be using LeiCaNikon lenses on it. I have no plans > for a native-mount lens until Zeiss makes a 500mm f/4 Tele-Apotessar for > it, and even then I'll check the weight, price & responsiveness. > > Overall I'm quite pleased with the a7II. The a7rII will be very enticing > once the inevitable new-camera bugs are worked out of it and "undocumented > features" are discovered and work-arounds found. The one thing I haven't > worked out yet on the a7II is how to reverse the direction of the shutter > speed control dial, currently configured to the front dial. It turns the > opposite direction vs. the R8 and my head is balking at that. The rear > dial isn't an option because of tendonitis in my right thumb. > > > Bob Adler wrote: > >>>> > Seems, by testing the Canon on different sensors, that this issue is > inherent in the lens. Basically that leaves you searching for a software > solution. > <<< > > Yup. that's what I'm looking for. > >>>> > Things that seem to PPP to mind are using that free Adobe software to > calibrate the lens to, using a Mcbeth color chart to also figure out what > you need to do in your raw processing to get the real chart to look like > the file you create, or go to a different lens and use lense cast removal > software for varying or critical apertures (Capture One has this) and > apply this to your images. Some kind of software workaround for a hardware > problem? > <<< > > OK this gives me some ideas, thanks Bob. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information