D-Lux 5 Resolution Keeps Changing When ISO Is Too High?

[BrandonFletcher]

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Hey,

 

Just got a D-Lux 5 and I keep trying to turn the ISO up really high to get that grainy quality, but it automatically messes up the resolution. I get a message that says something like, "The resolution settings have changed", as soon as I select the ISO I want.

 

Anyone know how to get around this?

[Shootist]

Are you sure you are changing the ISO. You must have the camera set on iA which will only take Jpg images and does other weird stuff automatically when you try to change certain settings.

Set the camera to P, A, S, or M (off the iA setting) and set the Quality to either fine Jpg or fine Jpg+RAW (fine Jpg is the 2 row setting).

 

Oh and by the way raising the ISO will give you more noise in color photos and what may appear as grain in B&W but it will lower the image sharpness at the same time.

[mjh]

Just got a D-Lux 5 and I keep trying to turn the ISO up really high to get that grainy quality, but it automatically messes up the resolution. I get a message that says something like, "The resolution settings have changed", as soon as I select the ISO I want.

The extended ISO range from 6400 to 12800 is only available at a reduced resolution so if you have selected a higher resolution and then switch to ISO 6400 or more, the camera informs you that it had to adjust the resolution accordingly. That’s normal behaviour (and probably documented in the manual).

[Shootist]

The extended ISO range from 6400 to 12800 is only available at a reduced resolution so if you have selected a higher resolution and then switch to ISO 6400 or more, the camera informs you that it had to adjust the resolution accordingly. That’s normal behaviour (and probably documented in the manual).

 

Never thought of that as I never go above 1200/1600 on this camera. Noise is bad enough at those setting.

[regedit]

high ISO combined with b&w mode can create nice shots in low light indoor. by shooting b&w you get rid of color noise that turns into nice "grain". some post processing with dxo software and you get very nice high iso pics

[farnz]

Hey,

 

Just got a D-Lux 5 and I keep trying to turn the ISO up really high to get that grainy quality, but it automatically messes up the resolution. I get a message that says something like, "The resolution settings have changed", as soon as I select the ISO I want.

 

Anyone know how to get around this?

Brandon,

 

Welcome to the forum!

 

At high ISOs I believe that the DL5's software stops processing the sensor's output as individual pixels and treats them as 'clumps' of pixels to be able to better extract the signal information from the noise so the resolution is naturally reduced. As stated by others there is no way round this.

 

Pete.

[BrandonFletcher]

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Thanks for the help everyone!

 

Going to try out regedit's advice.

[Le Chef]

One option: Set Film Mode to Dynamic B&W. Add in -2 clicks Noise Reduction and -1 click for Sharpening. Set ISO to 800. That way you will get an almost photojournalism look from the 70's to your shots.