[LRflex] Re: IMG: Playing with high ISOs and Oly lenses.
- From: David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 08:13:39 -0700
Philippe showed:
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Playground/Red+Dot.jpg.html>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Playground/Red+Dot.jpg.html
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Playground/Mitsibou.jpg.html
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Playground/Tractor.jpg.html>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Playground/Tractor.jpg.html
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Playground/Tractor2.jpg.html
A couple of questions, if I may...
1) Was the Red-dot shot taken with any supplemental close up device
(extension rings, +6 diopter lens, 2x converter, etc.) or simply
using the close focus limit of the lens? It taken without any
supplemental devices, it's quite remarkable!
2) Mitsibou is a nice looking cat, if I ever saw one! (I wouldn't
fret about the blown nose highlight... almost unnoticeable.) And the
noise, for ISO 1600 is very well controlled.
Personally, I've never been bothered by the pursuit of perfection in
noise ... for almost any decent digital camera will exhibit much
lower noise at high ISOs than the equivalent grain in any film of
similar speeds.
Still, when making larger prints for exhibition/sale, I usually run
them through Neat Image - a noise reduction program which works very
well and is not very expensive. In fact, there is a free version
which saves only in jpeg form, and has limited batch processing, but
is otherwise identical and runs without limit. Neat image, like any
noise reduction program makes any shot just a wee bit softer ... but
the improvement in background noise more than compensates -
especially in larger prints. Give it a try! I used the Demo version
for about a year, before I spent my money. And if you buy a license,
you get upgrades to all later versions without cost.
Download the demo version from http://www.neatimage.com/download.html
Another good choice, at slightly higher cost is Noise Ninja, from
http://www.picturecode.com/ However, it places annoying watermarks
on your images until you pay the fee.
3) you mention that in "Tractor" you've turned the 300 into a
1200mmm. How? By using a 2x converter? The Oly one? If yes ... how
do you like it? (I'm very happy with my 1.4x version.) BTW, I like
this shot the best of the four, though they're all good. :-)
In Tractor 2... the blue cast/haze gives it a wonderful effect, and
you've used the "live view" to great advantage.
Thanks for sharing!
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David Young,
Logan Lake, CANADA
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