[LRflex] Re: More from Alaska
- From: Thomas Schofield <tdschofield@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 20:25:52 -0700 (PDT)
Doug,
Have you tried the Moire filter setting on the
ISO/etc. dial on the DMR?
Tom Schofield
--- Douglas Herr <telyt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Jul 5, 2006, at 6:32 AM, Dr. Puritz wrote:
>
> > When you have the time and
> > the inclination, can you tell us briefly why you
> have made the
> > decision to
> > make most of your recent images with the DMR
>
> Compared with film, the DMR shines at higher ISO
> like 400 or greater.
> I've had a lot of high-ISO conditions lately so
> that's why I've been
> using the DMR so much. It's not as good as film in
> the SL or SL2 where
> the viewfinder quality is an issue, for example
> where focus has to be
> quick and precise within a mm or so of 'perfect'.
> For me the R8 is
> digital-only because the SL or SL2 in most cases is
> the better film
> camera. Another situation where the R8/DMR
> out-performs film is with
> extremely active subjects like warblers or kinglets
> where a high
> percentage of rejects is the norm.
>
> Unlike David, I've been having problems with moire
> in many of my bird
> photos, particularly where the lens can resolve the
> finest feather
> detail. It's visible in several of the photos I've
> posted if you know
> what to look for, and a few photos I've made have so
> much moire that I
> haven't posted them. David, what do you use to
> eliminate moire?
>
> I see the problem most often when my technique is
> perfect, and
> especially when I'm using the 280 APO w/o the
> extender so it seems that
> the lens has to out-resolve the sensor by a
> comfortable margin to see
> much moire.
>
> > and how much "processing time"
> > you have needed in front of the computer?
>
> The DMR's output is surprisingly easy to work with,
> moire aside. I'm
> using FlexColor to process the raw files and I find
> that most often the
> files have to be tweaked only slightly to get
> optimum picture quality.
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
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