Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/31

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Subject: [Leica] Leica M - manipulation
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 16:17:10 -0500
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On May 31, 2013, at 4:07 PM, John McMaster wrote:

> A straight photo, as will be shown in this week's PAW, does not look much 
> different to an M9 shot - when in isolation, probably the really vivid 
> blues are reduced.
> 
> A major difference is contrast and playing with levels. I deliberately 
> over-exposed a shot to see what highlight recover is possible, the M9 was 
> very limited there and just brought a block of colour in.
> 
> This shot has had highlights taken down a few stops, overall exposure down 
> slightly and the shadows brought up (LR 4.4) - there are slight colour 
> issues to the left of the window....
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Chiaroscuro/Misc/exposure.jpg.html

Impressive?
except for that "banding" when opening shadows?
though that seems a potential problem with every sensor? at some point

Regards,
George Lottermoser 
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