[Leica] IMG: Staircase Detail

[Jay Burleson]

I concur about your iso musings, Peter.
In this case, in a dark place, being herded along with the other tourist 
hordes, I had to work much faster than I'd like, both in composition and 
metering.
But if one were to take much more care in exposure / metering AND took 
the time to learn and play around with different noise reduction 
software, you could get that iso 5000 shot to look like the 1600 one.

That applies to viewing on a monitor; the iso 5000 print shows 
significantly less of the "gritty" look than what shows on the monitor.

Jay

PS, thanks for the compliment!


On 6/9/2015 4:06 PM, Peter Klein wrote:
> These Palais Garnier photos have some extremely difficult lighting.  Apart
> from the photos being gorgeous, they are showing some very useful things
> about the MM's ISO settings. It looks like 1600-ish is the sweet spot for
> the variables of detail, motion-stopping, fine grain, and dynamic
> range--where we can get all of them in reasonable amounts. The one at 5000
> was a little too gritty in the shadows for my taste, the one at 4000 was
> significantly better. I think this one is just right for hand held
> "artistic" (as opposed to "journalistic") depiction of the conditions
> involved.
>
> --Peter
>
> On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 3:46 PM, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Jim.
>> The 21 Elmarit is an especially good lens paired with the Monochrom.
>>
>> Jay
>>
>>
>> On 6/9/2015 3:05 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>>
>>> That's a great job of handling a difficult mix of lighting, Jay. Nice
>>> use of the 21 Elmarit.
>>>
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>
>>> On 6/9/2015 4:01 PM, Jay Burleson wrote:
>>>
>>>> Palais Garnier Opera House, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
>>>> Leica Monochrom, Elmarit-M 1:2.8/21 mm ASPH., iso 1600
>>>>
>>>> Staircase Detail
>>>> https://tinyurl.com/oo8n6er
>>>>
>>>> Please click on the photo to view it in a larger size.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for looking and all comments welcome!
>>>>
>>>> Jay