Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dave, Nice shot, but why do you need a Leica lens for shots like these? A Nikon 50mm would work just as well, and one of them costs USD100 or so. Cheers Jayanand On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 3:00 AM, David Rodgers <drodgers at casefarms.com>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. > > Dave R > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >