Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/10/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Do you know, I may be talking total Leica heresy here but I really don't see the point of the Monochrom. It seems to me that any .dng image from it is going to need as much post-processing as a 'normal' colour .dng from (say) the M9 converted to monochrome. OK, they are now coming to put on the funny jacket and take me to a 'place of safety' for my own good. Gerry Gerry Walden +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or +44 (0)797 287 7932 www.gwpics.com On 4 Oct 2012, at 11:47, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote: > That, to me, looks like an MM shot taken as a DNG and converted in > Lightroom or PS without any manipulation. If you shoot .jpgs in the > camera they come out looking quite different to this. > > Marty > > > On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 8:10 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: >> How did you manage to neutralize all your cameras settings? >> As I know when you shoot a jpeg there are all kinds of settings. >> And it looks like what you've got set here is ultra low contrast. >> Not sure what see can tell by seeing such an image. >> I'd do your normal routine with it. Show us that. >> >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photography >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >> >> >>> From: Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 11:14:33 -0400 >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Converted M9 and 75/1.4 >>> >>> Because this is what they look like straight out of the camera: >>> >>> http://www.pbase.com/image/146449509 >>> >>> Too flat for me but necessary if you are going to have all of the tones >>> there to do what you want with them. Silver Efex software comes with the >>> MM. I like the effects of Silver Efex and also Exposure 3 which I already >>> had. >>> >>> Tina >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at >>> gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> I may have missed something or am confused (more likely): Do you run >>>> the MM >>>> images through Silver Efex Pro? If so, why? >>>> >>>> --Bob >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> Tina Manley, ASMP >>> www.tinamanley.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information