Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/30

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Subject: [Leica] DMR at 1600 iso
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Fri Sep 30 16:00:41 2005
References: <6.2.3.4.2.20050930100950.0489dab0@mail.robsteve.com> <BF62B95F.602B%bdcolen@comcast.net> <6.2.3.4.2.20050930105226.0489ca20@mail.robsteve.com>

A lot of my digital 'snaps' end up with this plastic finish: I thought  
the result at 1600 looked pretty good: especially for a film user ;-)

On 30/09/2005, at 11:57 PM, Robert Stevens wrote:

> How does it compare to the Olympus?
>
> I have a MkII, it may seem to have less noise, but the pictures don't  
> have the punch the Leica has.  I think a lot of the digitals clobber  
> the noise and people start to get a plastic look.
>
> This thread has a 3200 asa shot from a 20D.  The model looks like a  
> plastic doll.  I think if I wanted to invest in Noise Ninja, I could  
> bring down the noise level of the DMR 1600 iso files, but at the cost  
> of detail.
>
> http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/286603
>
> Here is a link right to the picture.
>
> http://www.jasonjenkins.com/gallery/albums/2005_0924t/ 
> 2005_0924_1959472.jpg
>
> Regards,
>
> Robert
>
>
> Robert
>
> At 10:43 AM 9/30/2005, you wrote:
>
>> Lovely shot, Robert - but noise that you wouldn't see in a Canon 20D  
>> or MKII
>> at even 3200, particularly in a virtually shadowless shot.
>>
>>
>> On 9/30/05 9:12 AM, "Robert Stevens" <leica@robsteve.com> wrote:
>>
>> > This is from this morning.  I was in my favorite coffee shop and
>> > decided to try a few shots at 1600 iso.  I am also going to try this
>> > as a print at the one hour shot to see how it looks.
>> >
>> > http://www.robsteve.com/DMR/L1020840.jpg
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Robert
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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