Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/10/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Same as with the DMR. Much better to shoot at -2EV and alter in LR than push ISO up. Charlie www.charlie-chan.co.uk On 7 Oct 2014, at 22:46, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote: > Very interesting. Thank you for sharing. So underexpose and then push it to > Lightroom is presumably better than just running up the ISO? Is it the > theory that with jacking up the ISO, you are increasing the signal at the > sensor end, whereas "push processing" just rely on the the sensor's ability > to capture the shadows? > > > On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 2:39 PM, <mitcha at mac.com> wrote: > >> I have always liked the colors that one can get with the M9, and the ones >> at night can be particularly beautiful as long as one processes the files >> to look like night. One that I like particularly is this Bangkok picture: >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/malland/9139937872/in/photostream/lightbox/ >> >> The above pictures was shot at ISO 800 with the Summilux-50 pre-APH lens >> (f/2.8 at 1/60 sec). If you want to see more you can download the >> following >> 8MB PDF file with 16 Bangkok night shots: >> >> http://bit.ly/1i93new >> >> Most of these were shot using the technique of "shooting at ISO 640 and >> pushing in Lightroom 5;" some have been pushed as much as 4 stops. >> Shooting >> in this way actually makes the M9 a good camera for low light night >> photography, considering the results that are possible even in street >> photography. >> >> Most of these pictures were made on very dark nights, often without any >> street lights: the light mostly was from fluorescent tubes from shop >> windows or food carts. Conditioned by the bright, flat light in shopping >> centers, we tend to think of fluorescent lighting as ugly; actually >> fluorescent tubes can produce beautiful colors. Indeed, there is a range >> of >> fluorescent cine lights called "Kino Flo." >> >> C&C welcomed. Also, please post your color night shots. >> >> - - Mitch >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto > // https://www.facebook.com/Transformations.CosplayPortraits > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information