M9, Aperture and red.

[alexg2]

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Hi everybody.

 

I'm quite new on this helpful forum.

I have an M9 since a few days, replacing an Epson R-D1.

I use Aperture to process my files since I shoot raw files, and I'm happy with this software.

 

I know that there are already some posts about this, but I'm never really happy with red & skin tones with the M9 files at the Aperture opening.

The best solution I found is to change some of the Red color sliders :

Hue : +10

Saturation : -15

Luminance : -15

But depending on the shots, it's not always the same...

 

I found also some Moiré issues withe the M9 & Aperture. And found that some adjustments in the sliders of the RAW Fine tuning menu can help but I don't know what's the best setting.

 

Thanks a lot for sharing your experience & sorry for my bad english...

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[mongrelnomad]

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-m9-forum/109804-whats-going-here-red-aperture.html

 

Still toning down those reds, but generally still not happy. An M9-specific RAW profile would be an improved starting point...

[neli]

hiya

 

I'm afraid i've given up on aperture with the M9.

Using C1 5 Pro to process the M9 files.

Hope Apple brings us Aperture X soon. The last time an Apple product took so long to be updated it was killed. One of the High End Compositing Apps, forgot the name.

Back to topic, C1 5 Pro manages quite natural skin tones, red are a little over the top, but no color artefact problems so far.

C1 5 Pro has a 30 day free trial and good tutorials on the web site.

good luck

 

cornelius

[alexg2]

Thanks a lot for your answers !

So let's wait for Aperture X

[alexg2]

And thanks Adan for his settings !