[LRflex] Re: L1-Vario- Couple of shots

Bill Abbott wrote Eric, saying (in part)

>I've complained in this forum about the lack of consistency exhibited
>in a series of DMR raw images I made of a path in a forest, images of
>shade and sunlight taken from both shade and sunlight, using both the
>Auto WB setting and again with a single WB setting.

No doubt about it, Bill... the Auto White Balance is the "Achilles 
heel" of the DMR.  Firmware v1.1 was much better than 1.0. And 
v1.2  is considerably better than v1.1.  I am holding out great hopes 
for v1.3 - which I've been told should appear before Christmas... 
though nothing yet.  That being said, the M8's AWB seems to be 
better, from the get-go.  I guess I'm hoping that the AWB routines 
from the M8 will be in (or equaled by) V1.3.

>I am told that improved image firmware will ameliorate if not
>eradicate this anomaly and I hope so. I have no experience with Nikon
>or Canon Auto WB with raw images but I am curious about how they've
>handled consistency, knowing they face the same physics.

I've had no experience with early Canon or Nikon digitals, as I am a 
late-comer to the digital field.  However, I understand (both from 
reading and from talking to those who did own such beasts) that the 
early offerings from brands C, N and others were also suffered 
erratic AWB problems.  It would appear that this is one of the areas 
where experience really counts!

Leica will get there, I am sure.  But they're not there yet.  OTOH, I 
prefer what the DMR does for my images in terms of colour rendition 
and sharpness as compared to the others, so I'm willing to put up 
with the inconsistencies.

My favoured RAW converter, Silkypix, also has a very good AWB 
correction... and the entire package costs just much less (US$137) 
than what the seem to want for Alien Skin's Exposure.

When I was using the DMR with v1.1 firmware, I nearly always 
hit  Auto(Silkypix AWB) and within seconds, all was well.  With 
firmware v.1.2 I seldom use it, finding that the camera's WB is often 
best.  Still, when needed, it's handy.

>For a look, go to:
>
>http://alienskin.com/exposure/index.html
>
>I'll share my conclusions when I can.

Please do!

Cheers!
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David Young,
Logan Lake, CANADA

Wildlife Photographs: http://www.telyt.com/
Personal Web-pages: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt




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