Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jul 25, 2009, at 2:30 PM, David Rodgers wrote: > > FYI to anyone interested, I'm discovering that to get the most of > Leica > lenses it may not be wise to rely on any default settings on the D700. > > Putting Leica lenses on a D700 is not as plug and play as I first > thought, IOW. It's certainly not as P&P as using a chipped Nikkor. > OTOH, > the potential may be greater. > > I've been tweaking Picture Control in the D700 and saving custom > profiles for each Leica lens. The results are getting better Surprise! > Those menu settings --and there are lots -- really do do something. > I'm > still learning. > > I'm probably going to end up with multiple custom setting for each > lens, > depending on the conditions. I can choose a custom setting faster > than I > can physically change lenses, so it's practical to use them. > > My goal is to shoot JPGs and get them as right as possible straight > from > the camera. I'm tired of dealing with post processing. Even raw files > don't excite me too much. And while Lightroom and PS (and even NX2) > are > nifty programs who has time to learn them all? So I'm just seeing > where > I can get to with minimum post processing. > > Here's a D700 50/2 Summicron shot. > > http://www.daverodgers.net/images/image23.htm > > It's probably way smarter to grab an image and fix it later with > software. But where's the fun in that? :-) My real goal is to spend > less > time at a computer. sounds like a complete about face Dave... from after, work, and know.. it's now before, work, and hope... :-) a nice clean shot... Steve > > Dave R > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information