Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you, Jay. That was very helpful. Ken On 1/27/2014 9:53 PM, Jay Burleson wrote: > Ken, out of the camera, the dng from the MM is (if properly exposed) > pretty flat looking. > You will find examples all over with no processing done, which show > that flatness. > But the dng is so manipulable, you can pull it in any direction to > support the look you want. I'll be posting some examples of that later > tonight. > > If you open a MM dng in PS, you will have an 8-bit Greyscale image. > I don't use PS for much, I use Lightroom, and when LR exports to a > jpg, it is an sRGB colorspace, so viewing MM and color images on > properly calibrated monitors and most web browsers is the same. > > A properly exposed & developed Tri-X neg is generally accepted to have > 13.5 stops of dynamic range. > Several sources stated & test that the MM has a dynamic range of > approx. 13 plus stops. > Most of that small loss is in the shoulder, in my opinion. > > Once you learn to meter and protect the highlights (since there is no > chance of recovery if clipped), there are amazing things that can come > out of the dng. > > Jay > > On 1/27/2014 6:06 PM, Ken Carney wrote: >> The MM image looks flat to me, as you say like TMax compared to >> TriX. Or at least that was my experience with 35mm film. The MM >> image is an unknown grayscale, and the M9 image is sRGB. How would >> that affect the comparison, especially as this might affect web display? >> >> Question #2: I have been looking again at the dynamic range >> differences between film and digital especially as concerns b&w. For >> film, the advantage is more room in the shoulder as compared to >> digital. How does the MM compare there, i.e., range in the shoulder >> vs. color digital cameras? >> >> Thx >> >> Ken >> > >