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Subject: [Leica] 3200 ISO with the new M240
From: rgacpa at gmail.com (Robert G Adler)
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:53:45 -0700
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Hi Henning,
Is this on the LCD back panel or the optional EVF?
Thanks,
Bob

Bob Adler

On Mar 13, 2013, at 3:47 PM, Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com> 
wrote:

> Yes, there is. The little button on the front where the film rewind 
> thingie was, when pressed in when Live View is enabled, will magnify with 
> variable magnification and focus peaking. It doesn't work all that well 
> with the Noctilux (focus peaking) as the lens doesn't have enough contrast 
> at f/1. Also, the focus peaking is too coarse to work with extremely wide 
> angle lenses. You're much better off using the rangefinder with those.
> 
> Henning
> 
> 
> 
> On 2013-03-13, at 3:01 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
>> hi Henning, with manual focus, is there some form of magnification to 
>> assist focus?
>> 
>> 
>> Steve
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 13, 2013, at 2:19 PM, Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> This shot was taken with the M240 and 75mm Summilux at f/1.4 (EXIF 
>>> notwithstanding) and processed in LR4 with auto WB. No noise reduction 
>>> used.
>>> 
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hwulff/grandkids/L1000437.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> Here is a center crop:
>>> 
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hwulff/grandkids/L1000437crop.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> No sharpening, no noise reduction, just crop and export from LR4
>>> 
>>> As I mentioned before, I believe this is better than the M9 can do at 
>>> ISO 1250.
>>> 
>>> Henning Wulff
>>> henningw at archiphoto.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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