[Leica] the SL: duck, duck, goose

[George Lottermoser]

> On Feb 9, 2016, at 10:30 AM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote:
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> the pix:
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> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/SL/L1060187.jpg
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> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/SL/L1060234.jpg
> (full detail in blacks, no highlight clipping, a first for this bird!)
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> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/SL/L1060317.jpg
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> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/SL/L1060328.jpg
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> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/SL/L1060337.jpg
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> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/SL/L1060346.jpg
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> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/SL/L1060350.jpg

You have done absolutely NOTHING
to dissuade my lust
and all its associated dangers

;~(

George Lottermoser
george.imagist at icloud.com