Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/01

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: [Leica] IMG: Border Terrier low light resolution test
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2012 23:19:23 +0100
References: <50B879B4.3070006@threshinc.com>

The 20mm is one of the best lenses of any system, fully on par with the best 
Leica stuff, and your pictures prove it.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
http://www.frozenlight.eu
http://www.greatpix.eu
PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/


YNWA




On Nov 30, 2012, at 10:17 AM, Peter Klein wrote:

> Wife says, "You have to see what she did."  Grabbed camera. Tiptoed to 
> dark living room, lit with only one blub.  This is what I saw:
> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at N04/8231023549/>
> OM-D E-M5 with the Panny 20mm f/1.7, wide open, 1/60, ISO 3200. Object in 
> picture was darker than it appears, but just as cute.
> 
> (Note:  Next two links are big, about 1.3 MB.)
> 
> Then I did a B&W conversion, and optimized things a bit.  Here it is at 
> 50%, so it approximates what you'd see in a nice big print.
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/337070-1/PB290136-50pct.jpg>
> 
> And just the face at 100%:
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/337073-1/PB290136-100pct.JPG>
> 
> Sharp enough?  I think so.  I used about half Capture One's default 
> luminance noise reduction, which seemed to be the sweet spot between 
> keeping detail and getting rid of noise that would matter in a 
> decent-sized print.
> 
> --Peter
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
> 



In reply to: Message from pklein at threshinc.com (Peter Klein) ([Leica] IMG: Border Terrier low light resolution test)