Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's pretty interesting. It may not be a shielding issue but could have to do with reduced voltage to the sensor when the LCD is taking power. On Wednesday, August 20, 2003, at 03:51 PM, Sonny Carter wrote: > > > > Peter Klein and I have been chatting offlist about an on topic issue, > (horrors!) noise in the Lika Leica and Digilux at 400 iso. > > Peter said: There was one other angle to the high ISO noise that I > didn't > post on the LUG because I only heard about it from one person. He > said > that the LCD display created bad noise in the image, and he got much > better > pictures with the LCD off. IF true, that could be a result of bad > shielding design, or a QC problem with his particular camera. > > (Back to Sonny) So I set up my camera and took a couple shots of the > same > location at ISO 400 with the LCD and without. The file is quite a bit > better as regards noise with the LCD turned off. I can see that some > software cleaning might make it better still. > > Here's a section of the image, but it still is quite sizable, > http://www.sonc.com/lcd_check.jpg > > so if you dialup use this link > http://www.sonc.com/lcd_check_sm.jpg > Regards, > > SonC > http://www.sonc.com > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > - -- John Brownlow http://www.pinkheadedbug.com http://www.unintended-consequences.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html