[Leica] Monochrom high iso test

[john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)]

Ditto, I often use an ND1.8 so I can use 5000 during the day ;-)

john

-----Original Message-----


I love the texture at ISO 5000 so much particularly in low light with lower 
contrast lenses, that I don't do anything to the noise.

Marty



On Tuesday, 28 January 2014, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
wrote:

> 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<javascript:;>
> >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/
> > --
> > Jay,
> >
> > Jay Burleson Gallery 
> > <http://jayburleson.com/leica/gallery/index.php/>