[LRflex] Re: Aram's request

Aram Langhans wrote:

>Thanks David.  I got em.  Now I have to look at them on a better monitor.  
>On my school monitor, while I see differences, I could not in a blind test 
>say which one I liked better at 1600.  I do prefer both the 1600's over the 
>3200 as far as grain/noise is concerned. 
>  
>
I think that would be a given, under any circumstance.

>The strong backlighting in the DMR 
>shot leads to some interesting edge effects on the bird.  I have no 
>experience to know if this is due to digital, JPEG, or just the 
>backlighting. 
>  
>
It is, I believe, a digital problem, and can be cured with software.  
Silkypix, my preference to develop RAW data, has a Chromatic Aberration 
fix built in, but you have to send them  money, for that part to work.  
That, I did, today... but it will be 2 to 4 days before they send me the 
"key", to unlock the extra features.  I'll test it out, and let you 
know. There are other programs for that, and I have not idea what's best.

> So, I am just looking at the shadow areas of about the same 
>density.
>  
>
That's what I try to do.  My observation is that despite Ted's urgings 
to not fiddle with anything digital; is that it's worth the effort, 
given the noise levels inherent in the DMR's native ISO 1600 mode... and 
ISO 3200 it doesn't have, at all!  Personally, I'll likely never use 
more than ISO 1600, but that speed is very handy, even on bright days, 
when using the Telyt 400/f6.8 and 2x converter.  It allows one to keep 
the shutter speeds up, when shooting critters in the shade!

Also, in keeping with Ted's comments about time spent in front of the 
'puter screen, using PS to adjust exposure is a time consuming job... 
but correcting it in Silkypix is a breeze.. you just dial in +2 stops 
(or whatever) and it's done.  No es problema!

Certainly, no matter whether you feel it's better/worse than Canon, it 
certainly is the better way to go, for high ISO's, with the DM-R!

>Thanks again for leaving them up and I hope the rath of the ISP is not upon 
>you yet.
>  
>
Thanks for letting me know!  They are now going, going, going.... gone!

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David Young,
Logan Lake, BC    
CANADA. 

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