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blakley · 05/13/08, 05:41 AM

Hmmm.

I love the M8 and use it almost exclusively except for B&W film these days. However I will say that it's got some limitations in low light. The worst is a weak blue channel in tungsten light. My M8 gives me a yellow mottling in low light tungsten situations when I shoot in color. This comes from a very blotchy (not grainy - large blotches) blue channel.

I post-process DNG files using Lightroom; I'm hoping to hear that this problem doesn't occur with C1v4 or that there's something else I'm missing that will improve the color performance of the camera in low tungsten light.

I also find that (with or without filters) the camera oversaturates colors out of the gate and I've got to dial them back down in Lightroom.

05/13/08, 05:41 AM	#23 (permalink)
blakley Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 10/16/06 Posts: 467	Re: Low light Photography, the M8 and D3 Hmmm. I love the M8 and use it almost exclusively except for B&W film these days. However I will say that it's got some limitations in low light. The worst is a weak blue channel in tungsten light. My M8 gives me a yellow mottling in low light tungsten situations when I shoot in color. This comes from a very blotchy (not grainy - large blotches) blue channel. I post-process DNG files using Lightroom; I'm hoping to hear that this problem doesn't occur with C1v4 or that there's something else I'm missing that will improve the color performance of the camera in low tungsten light. I also find that (with or without filters) the camera oversaturates colors out of the gate and I've got to dial them back down in Lightroom.