[Leica] First M8 experience

[jplaurel at spectare.com (Jim Laurel)]

Hi Ed,
Thanks for the link.  I will give it a try.  I have been using  
Photoshop CS2 to process my RAW images from the camera.  Could that  
be part of the problem?  I didn't think to use the bundled software  
for anything.

I'll check out the c1 profile and see if that helps.

Cheers - Jim



On Jan 28, 2007, at 4:55 AM, Eduardo Albesi wrote:

> Jim,
>
> There has been a very extensive and illustrative discussion about  
> all this issues on the International Leica Users Forum, which is  
> sponsored by Leica themselves. It led to two very important  
> conclusions and associated solutions.
>
> First, the increased IR sensor sensitivity is responsible to the  
> magenta cast, as it is very known, but that it also contributes to  
> most other blooming and streaking and banding phenomena seen with  
> this camera. As saying that blown up highlights are blown up  
> actually by both the visible light in excess AND the near-IR that  
> adds to the overcharging of the sensor region involved in the blown  
> up areas.
>
> Second, that the factory color profile shipped with the camera and  
> used by CaptureOne but also by the rest of the software that relies  
> on ICC profiling is absolutely off, introducing all sort of color  
> artifacts and inaccuracies in the images. So one of the members,  
> Jamie Roberts, has developed a couple of new profiles much more  
> accurate in terms of color reproduction and capable of correcting  
> to a high degree the 'magenta cast' due to IR contamination, meant  
> to be used without the IR-cut filters.
>
> So, just as a Sunday test before starting to pack the camera for  
> returning it to the dealer, go to http://www.leica-camera-user.com/ 
> digital-forum/9637-new-m8-profiles-c1-instructions.html download  
> the profiles and read the instructions about how to install them  
> and  give the camera a second chance.
>
> If you knew already all this, sorry for the verbosity.
>
> Best,
>
> Ed