Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/02/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Impressive!! You are certainly making good use of the SL! Tina On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 11:30 AM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: > Yesterday, as part of my continuing evaluation of the Leica SL for my use, > I visited Colusa National Wildlife Refuge north of Sacramento, what I > consider a target-rich environment. I didn't expect great art from this > day's photography so I was not disappointed ;). I wanted to see how the > SL's raw files looked in a context I was familiar with when using the DMR > and a7II. > > In a nutshell, I'm delighted with the raw files. Aside from conversion to > jpg all I did was use a Photoshop curves layer to adjust black point and > (infrequently) white point. That's all. The colors are rich and full with > excellent gradation. > > Details: I used the Canon FD 500mm L at f/5.6, ISO 400. Manual focus > without magnification is not difficult, and in challenging cases > magnification is available at the touch of a button. I'd like to see a > firmware update to enable two-step magnification on the joystick like the > bottom left button has. The first magnification step is usually more than > sufficient for critical manual focus and is easier to track a moving > target. The other firmware update that would make this camera much more > useful to me is being able to make the 'exposure preview' mode sticky. > > the pix: > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/SL/L1060187.jpg > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/SL/L1060234.jpg > (full detail in blacks, no highlight clipping, a first for this bird!) > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/SL/L1060317.jpg > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/SL/L1060328.jpg > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/SL/L1060337.jpg > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/SL/L1060346.jpg > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/SL/L1060350.jpg > > All comments are welcome. > > 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 > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://t.sidekickopen35.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XYgfmKYPW4WzBHl3Mx_9dW3LqWkM56dQ1Jf7P8b5b02?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftina-manley.artistwebsites.com%2F&si=6038418186567680&pi=8cff801d-2c43-40de-a218-e0bcb5370d34> www.tinamanley.com http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/