smoody Posted October 23, 2009 Share #1 Posted October 23, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Didn't see this posted yet, sorry if it is a repeat. Came across this on dpreview. Click on the top two portraits to view at full resolution. ISO comparison is also interesting. Juza Nature Photography Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted October 23, 2009 Posted October 23, 2009 Hi smoody, Take a look here hands-on mini-review with full-sized images. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
georg Posted October 23, 2009 Share #2 Posted October 23, 2009 Before somebody starts to complain: It's a Nullserie-camera build months ago and not usable beyond base-ISO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjv Posted October 23, 2009 Share #3 Posted October 23, 2009 I wonder how this person got away with posting these samples. If it is only a pre-production camera without final firmware I'd be surprised if Leica would allow such a liberal posting and sharing of files. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markowich Posted October 23, 2009 Share #4 Posted October 23, 2009 Before somebody starts to complain:It's a Nullserie-camera build months ago and not usable beyond base-ISO. it better be so. there is an unacceptable amount of noise at base iso (dark parts of the model's hair). peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentleman Villain Posted October 23, 2009 Share #5 Posted October 23, 2009 Check out how smooth the transition is between in-focus and out-of-focus parts of the image. WOW! The transition itself looks film-like. It's really apparent on the very last image at the bottom of the page...Just gorgeous! To the OP, Thanks very much for posting the links to the images Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandymc Posted October 24, 2009 Share #6 Posted October 24, 2009 There's some DNGs posted here: Any S2 images from PhotoPlus in NY? - The GetDPI Photography Forums Big is surprise is that they are 14-bit, although I guess its possible that might change by next year. Sandy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
c6gowin Posted October 24, 2009 Share #7 Posted October 24, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Here are some more Leica S2 DNGs I took at the Leica hands on shoot last Thursday. They should be very similar to the other posted by Paul in the link in the previous post. https://rcpt.yousendit.com/759530971/f61ae1202f96529136bab3d81491cff7 Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandymc Posted October 24, 2009 Share #8 Posted October 24, 2009 Cool. Incidentally, for those that want to pixel-peep to any extent, you pretty much have to be using Lightroom (or ACR) to get reasonable results. Both Aperture and C1 generate nasty maze patterns, and occasional "purple pixels". That will probably be dealt with the future releases (the S2 appears to have a higher than usual green channel mismatch, which Aperture and C1 can tune out), but for the moment, the Adobe products are only game in town. Sandy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptomsu Posted October 24, 2009 Share #9 Posted October 24, 2009 Cool. Incidentally, for those that want to pixel-peep to any extent, you pretty much have to be using Lightroom (or ACR) to get reasonable results. Both Aperture and C1 generate nasty maze patterns, and occasional "purple pixels". That will probably be dealt with the future releases (the S2 appears to have a higher than usual green channel mismatch, which Aperture and C1 can tune out), but for the moment, the Adobe products are only game in town. Sandy Tried in C1 and everything is more that fine. Are you on Snow Leopard like me? Maybe this makes the difference? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted October 24, 2009 Share #10 Posted October 24, 2009 A more active thread here: The Leica S2 System and Image Quality - The GetDPI Photography Forums Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandymc Posted October 24, 2009 Share #11 Posted October 24, 2009 Tried in C1 and everything is more that fine. Are you on Snow Leopard like me? Maybe this makes the difference? Yes, I'm on Snow. Maybe I just spend too much time pixel peeping. Regards, Sandy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptomsu Posted October 24, 2009 Share #12 Posted October 24, 2009 Yes, I'm on Snow. Maybe I just spend too much time pixel peeping. Regards, Sandy No, seems to be my fault, if you really get above 400% then one can see artifacts, which should not be there. But this is the RAW processor I assume. Other than that the images look great already. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandymc Posted October 24, 2009 Share #13 Posted October 24, 2009 But this is the RAW processor I assume. Yes, it is. C1 was the first raw processor I used to look at the files, and I though the images were just horrible actually; lots of patterns in the model's skin, etc. Even unzoomed it made the skin look a bit rough. Made me wonder what on earth Leica were doing. But with LR the patterns clean up completely, and you get far better skin rendition. There still seems to be some odd looking noise here and there, especially in the lighter areas of the image, however. But that lens is really, really good! Sandy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeicaS2 Posted October 24, 2009 Share #14 Posted October 24, 2009 Mark, Thanks for the yousentit image. With LR works fine. I encourage more to you to use full files for download. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
c6gowin Posted October 25, 2009 Share #15 Posted October 25, 2009 I am glad some folks got to download the S2 files I posted on YouSendIt. I got an email from YouSendIt saying my bandwidth has been exceeded. So thats probably all I can help since I don't plan to upgrade the YouSendIt service. I hope to get time to look at the files more closely this evening. Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pierovitch Posted October 27, 2009 Share #16 Posted October 27, 2009 I am glad some folks got to download the S2 files I posted on YouSendIt. I got an email from YouSendIt saying my bandwidth has been exceeded. So thats probably all I can help since I don't plan to upgrade the YouSendIt service. I hope to get time to look at the files more closely this evening. Mark Thanks for sharing. The dng was totally different from a similar processed jpg from another site. The 100% view in photoshop CS4 default settings is good enough for iridology and dermatology. Noise reduction and sharpening to personal preferences will generate a lot of heated debate but the photographer will not be practically limited by the resolution available from the lenses as is the case for Nikon and Canon. If you go handheld, ditch the coffee and get those Zen meditation skills honed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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