Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark - The detail in that pano shot is amazing. Having 10MP does make a difference. I must say though that the images you developed from the DNG files don't look that much different than the JPGs the camera developed of my images. Makes me wonder if the DNG development effort is worth the effort for any but the most difficult images or greatest enlargements. Do you see significant differences between the in-camera fine JPGs and images processed in from the DNG files? I've downloaded Lightroom and just started to play with it. I'm really interested in seeing if it simplifies the workflow I've developed in PS/CS. It'll be my introduction to development of DNG files, too. Mostly I've worked with JPGs. >I also had an opportunity to shoot the M8 for a few hours at >Rockport. My impressions mostly follow Richard's. A few additional >comments: > >I have been using Lightroom beta 4 for processing groups of >photographs. I found I had to do a lot of tweaking with the DNG >files coming from the M8, but they do look nice after some work. >When I shot DNG + JPG, the JPGs look quite good, so Lightroom really >is not respecting the in camera processing settings. I did not have >the Leica provided Capture One converter available to me. > >I tried using manual exposure on a cold morning, and my stiff finger >kept hitting the on-off switch and turning the camera off when I was >trying to set the shutter speed. > >Samples can be found at > >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/MarkEDavison/Rockport+M8+samples/ > >These are all jpgs produced from DNG originals via Adobe Lightroom. >In a few cases I had to do further compression via Photoshop CS2 to >come in under the 5 MB limit. The panorama was quickly stitched >together in Photoshop--there are a few stitching glitches remaining. > >Overall I find the M8 a marvelous camera. It is tuned towards very >high resolution rather than noise suppression. The color and >dynamic range available from the DNG files is very good, but there >is a tendency towards overly magenta shadows in skin tones that I >found hard to take out with Lightroom beta 4. I've got an M8 on >order. > >Mark Davison > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Regards, Dick