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Subject: [Leica] Stupid Newbie Question
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:38:40 +0200
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It could of course be that your M8 and M8.2 both have misaliged  
rangefinders. Barring that, yes, you will need to post-process RAW  
(DNG) images. You can do it in Capture 1 or in Lightroom or Photoshop  
or whatever--just pick one you like and learn to use it. But you will  
need to do some processing on the computer.

My M8 pictures are better than any M film pictures I have ever taken  
(from a purely technical point of view).

Nathan

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On Jul 19, 2009, at 12:24 PM, Ernest B. Ferro wrote:

> I've been mostly lurking for years and have been enjoying the photos  
> that so many of you post. I was kind of away for photography for  
> years and then got back into it around '98 using film and an M6 and  
> then was away for a few more years and have gotten back into it  
> again with an M8 and M8.2.  When using my M6, my shots were sharp  
> and colors were good.  My question is this.  Can you really get a  
> good, sharp shot directly out of the M8 or 8.2 or do you always need  
> to process them?  My shots, no matter what lens I use, are not sharp  
> and some of these lenses are the same ones I used on the M6.  It's  
> not a focusing issue where the subject of interest is not sharp but  
> other areas of the photo are, it's a general lack of sharpness  
> throughout the whole photo.  And, generally, my photos lack punch.   
> The colors don't come out and grab you like all of the shots  
> everyone here on the lug posts.  So, my question is this.  During my  
> hiatus, did I miss something where everyone just 'knows' t
> hat you need to post process your images and that's why Capture 1  
> comes with the cameras?  To be honest, my daughter's Canon and  
> wife's Nikon P&S cameras put my shots to shame.  What am I missing?   
> What is a typical workflow if all photos need to be processed?  What  
> are typical sharpening settings?  I shoot raw but should I shoot  
> jpegs with some sharpening and color balance included?  Again, what  
> should I do to fix this?  I'm at the point where it almost makes  
> sense to sell the Leica gear and buy a cheap P&S and be done with it  
> but I enjoy shooting with the Leica gear.  It's just not living up  
> to my expectations and I don't think those expectations are  
> unrealistic given the results from P&S cameras.  Sorry if this is a  
> stupid question.
>
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