Leica M Monochrom - saving my bad exposures

[Guest borge]

Advertisement (gone after registration)

A small write-up with some examples on the MM's dynamic range and shadow detail recovery capabilities:

 

Leica M Monochrom – performing recovery on my exposure mistakes | Bo Photography

[janrzm]

I can understand why you wouldn't bother looking at your images on the MM LCD, I would recommend at least using the LCD to look at the Histogram though.....

[Advertisement]

The Leica Q3 is available for pre-order at B&H Photo Video and Adorama

[Guest borge]

I can understand why you wouldn't bother looking at your images on the MM LCD, I would recommend at least using the LCD to look at the Histogram though.....

 

Well I usually take my camera with me wherever I go. And I often just take pictures to practice on composition and playing with diagonal lines, symmetry and framing. I'm not too worried about correct settings at all times then, and I usually always use Auto-ISO of up to 10000 or manual ISO settings at 1600/3200/6400. My default is to leave the camera with Auto-ISO enabled so that it's ready to capture images without having to worry about all the settings then and there.

 

I'm pretty comfortable with the MM's exposure by now and I really dont' feel the need to check the LCD or histogram at all, except in very difficult scenarios. This was not a difficult scenario since it was a very grey, flat, dull and overcast day. Just put the yellow filter on and set the EC 0 (I always shoot with EC at -1 without the yellow filter) and set my fstop to whatever I wanted then and there and totally forgot about checking the ISO setting since it should always be default to Auto up to 10000. I'm only human after all :-)