Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/10/03

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Converted M9 and 75/1.4
From: john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 13:23:37 +0000
References: <CA+yJO1BHosn7aBeqMjGan0FNnExKHG-3Md3N65GP2pPPpnRu+A@mail.gmail.com>, <9C06DEC0-BF88-44B9-BA72-22939CBD8E5C@mac.com>

That is likely to be the users taste as they usually are quite low contrast 
DNG files...

John

On 3/10/2012, at 2:45 PM, "Scott Gregory" <scottgregory at mac.com> wrote:

> For me I certainly like the M9 rendering as well. A lot of the Monochrome 
> seems overdone on contrast for my tastes. 
> 
> Scott
> 
> On 2012-10-03, at 7:18 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:
> 
>> PESO:
>> 
>> Several asked to see the M9 photo converted to B&W to compare with the MM
>> one.
>> 
>> http://www.pbase.com/image/146447879
>> 
>> Using exactly the same settings in Silver Efex Pro that I used for the MM
>> one.
>> 
>> Someone also asked about the 75/1.4 and whether it is worth carrying the
>> weight.  It is lighter than my 90/2!!  I like the 75 a lot when I hit the
>> focus.  It's my hardest lens to focus with digital but it's also my
>> favorite portrait lens.  I just have to take a lot of photos to be sure I
>> get one in focus!
>> 
>> Opinions greatly appreciated.
>> 
>> Tina
>> 
>> -- 
>> Tina Manley, ASMP
>> www.tinamanley.com
>> 
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