Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Jayanand, No, the M8 manual explicitly states that settings such as contrast, sharpnesss and colour saturation have no effect if you shoot RAW (i.e. DNG). When I import images into Lightroom, by default no manipulation is applied to them. I want to control what happens to each image. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Dec 21, 2008, at 5:35 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > Nathan, > That is terrific - just check that there is no default sharpening > enabled in > RAW, which would kick in the Raw converter. Nikon always have some > default > sharpening on, which one has to switch off, either in camera, or in > Capture. > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 4:35 PM, Nathan Wajsman > <photo@frozenlight.eu>wrote: > >> To illustrate in more detail of what I was talking about on Friday, >> I have >> added a 100% crop of what I focused on (Wilma's eye). Again, no >> sharpening >> of any kind has been applied. >> >> http://www.greatpix.eu/gallery/4253606_netUM#440375031_nNzbw-O-LB >> >> Keep in mind that this is a handheld picture at a rather lively >> lunch. >> >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu >> http://www.greatpix.eu >> http://www.nathanfoto.com >> >> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog >> >> >> >> On Dec 19, 2008, at 8:09 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: >> >> After the discussion about the M8 colour issues when filters are >> not used >>> in mixed lighting, it is time to show one that demonstrates why I >>> bought the >>> M8. This is just a simple portrait of my co-worker Wilma, taken >>> during our >>> Christmas lunch in a restaurant this afternoon. The image is not >>> sharpened, >>> and the only things I did to it in Lightroom was to click on AUTO >>> to adjust >>> the levels, and to crop it. >>> >>> http://www.greatpix.eu/gallery/4253606_netUM#439518642_H5Ymx-O-LB >>> >>> When I zoom in on Wilma's eye in Lightroom, I can see why I bought >>> the M8 >>> (and also that the 35mm Summarit is a great lens). This image is >>> sharper >>> right out of the camera than I would have gotten from my E3 or >>> previously my >>> Canon 1DII, after sharpening in those cases. >>> >>> Nathan >>> >>> Nathan Wajsman >>> Alicante, Spain >>> http://www.frozenlight.eu >>> http://www.greatpix.eu >>> http://www.nathanfoto.com >>> >>> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 >>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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