Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]poking around the leica user forum and adobe lightroom forum. I am.. how you say.. a calibration geek. Eric On 1/20/07, Adam Bridge <abridge@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the update, Eric. Geesh, I'm really behind the curve on > this - where did you pick this up, if I can ask? > > Thank you! > > Adam > > On 1/20/07, Eric Korenman <faneuil@gmail.com> wrote: > > cool images. > > Lightroom does not have the proper profiles (yet) for the M8. > > ACR does apply a very good profile and the images are better. > > Right now M8 DNGs in lightroom are very saturated and ruddy. > > The final version of LR is supposed to come with same profiles as ACR. > > > > Eric > > > > On 1/20/07, Adam Bridge <abridge@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I took the new M8 to the hockey game last night - literally every lens > > > I own and it all fitted nicely into my little shoulder bag. Sooo > > > spiffy. > > > > > > The third period I walked down by the goal and shot through the glass > > > that makes your average airliner window look like a perfect vaccuum. > > > > > > I used the Noct to shoot these - it becomes about a 75 on the M8. > > > These were shot at about f2 I think although perhaps f1.4 is possible. > > > Not wide open and not stopped down past f2 I'm fairly sure. Shot in > > > Aperture Priority. > > > > > > It'll take some getting used to this shooting sports with a range > > > finder! > > > > > > <http://www.idea-processing.com/Images/L1000046.jpg> > > > > > > The idea focus would have been on the puck but I think it's darn close > > > to being in perfect focus. > > > > > > <http://www.idea-processing.com/Images/L1000052.jpg> > > > > > > When your brother is out there playing hockey, and you're all wanting > > > to be just ANYWHERE else, the night can get pretty long....and the > > > rink chilly... > > > > > > <http://www.idea-processing.com/Images/Booooooringggg.jpg> > > > > > > I was pleased that Adobe Bridge and Camera Raw handled the M8 images > > > with no difficulty. Lightroom does not, for some reason. Aperture > > > doesn't appear to either. I'm going to try doing the DNG conversion > > > and see if Aperture will work with them after I do that. > > > > > > I tried shooting both Raw and jpeg files at the same time and I don't > > > see the point of it. The Raw image is so vastly more useful. > > > > > > Adam > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >