Hi Xavier, Re second shot: All I get is solid black. Bill On Feb 18, 2013, at 12:30 PM, Bille Xavier F. <hot_billexf@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Good Day Flexers. > > I have no superb images to offer, Marc Dufour has presented lately something > I would not compete with.... Bravo Camarade ! > > No, really, my 'niche', a.K.a 'speciality' is rather the 'what do I get > when.....' > > Today, something rather interesting and a quizz to win a superb post card of > Paris. > > I have been using the Compact Lumix LX5 and wondered if a Raw image is as Raw > as on the Digilux 3. In fact the LX5 comes in a second or even third > generation after the Digilux3 and often the solution to resolve a need is > different. > > All right, not teasing more, let's dive. Here is a picture taken in raw mode, > developped with Silkypix, normal, the white balance was rather set to another > specific place, my underground, hence the blueish cast, mostly due to a end > of a sunny day while the main light was artificial: > > http://xavierf.b.free.fr/Temp/BWSurpriseLX5/P1010733_dev.jpg > > > Now, same compact LX5, same light but I applied a different 'taste' of film, > dynamic B&W, here is the Jpeg, resized: > > http://xavierf.b.free.fr/Temp/BWSurpriseLX5/P1010736_root.jpg > > All right, a few Bretzel have gone, the image may look a bit muddy (but not > that bad, any way, at resolution of 1200 dots, you can hardly say > otherwise....). Now, look at the raw image stored by the camera and plainly > developped in Silkypix (version 5, all of them anyway): > > http://xavierf.b.free.fr/Temp/BWSurpriseLX5/P1010736_dev.jpg > > To tell you, when the last image is opened by silkypix, it shows out of range > values for the balance..... > > Now, quizz: what is the idea behind this set up, why is it much better to > develop inboard an image like this? > > Your postcard is on the way..... > > To finish up, the raw images of taste B&W dynamic taken with the Digilux 3 do > not look like this. Here on the compact, it's a trick to optimize another > process..... Why not! > > A very interesting system apprach, in my eye. I'll tell you what is behind... > Cheers! > #----------------------------------- > From : Xavier F. BILLE > mail : hot_billexf@xxxxxxxxxxx > Maisons Alfort - France > > > > >