[Leica] the SL: duck, duck, goose

[Gene Duprey]

Doug,
Great set, nice sharp, good exposure.  Not sure why Jim thinks they look
over sharpened, they look pretty much right on and not over sharpened at
all on my screen.  What lens adapter are you using?

Gene


On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 10:41 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
wrote:

> Doug,
> A very impressive collection.  My only comment is that these appear on my
> screen as slightly over-sharpened.  Is this something that is selectable in
> the camera's menu?  Maybe it is just the compression to a small JPG image
> that causes it.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
>
> On 2/9/2016 10:30 AM, Doug Herr 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
>>
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