[Leica] Monochrom high iso test

[richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)]

Just out of curiosity, does anyone who do all sort of tricks to get "better
noise behaviors" etc. have good photos to show?


On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Jay Burleson <leica at 
jayburleson.com>wrote:

> I am more apt to follow Ted's advice and just go out and shoot, but enough
> interest has been raised here and on other forums for me to undertake this
> absolutely non-scientific test.
> There has been some chatter about deliberately underexposing the M9 at a
> lower iso and then pushing the exposure in post to get better noise
> results, and questions have been asked, since the Monochrom shares the same
> base sensor as the M9, if that would work with it.
>
> The answer is yes and no.
> It is doable, but (to my eye), there is no appreciable reason to do it.
> There is a slight (approx. 1/4 stop) gain in the highlight side of the
> histogram, but the overall noise is the same, and when fully processed, no
> real differences.
> It does demonstrate how much detail is available in the Monochrom shadows;
> a 5 stop push on the underexposed image was just fine.
>
> #2171: iso 10000, -.3 stop exposure compensation, no other Lightroom
> adjustments.
>
> #2172: iso 1250, -.3 stop exposure compensation, + 3 stops exposure added
> in Lightroom.
>
> #2171A: Additional post processing in Lightroom to look correct (in my
> opinion).
>
> #2172A: Additional post processing in Lightroom to look correct (in my
> opinion).
>
> The images are here:
>
> http://jayburleson.com/leica/misc_images/mm_iso_test/
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