Nitnaros Posted January 21, 2007 Share #1 Â Posted January 21, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Has anybody noticed this: Â If you set the camera to DNG+JPG and put it into b/w mode, everything works fine. The camera monitor displays the b/w JPG. Â If you then switch back to DNG-only and activate the preview, the DNG shows first up in b/w and then a second later switches to the correct color preview. Looks like the camera "remembers" the b/w setting from the previous DNG+JPG mode. Â If you go back to DNG+JPG and turn off b/w mode, then go back to DNG-only, the effect is gone. Â Its not a huge annoyance, but feels like a bug... -- Â Also: What do you folks thing about the "standard" monitor brightness? In comparison to my (calibrated & profiled) Eizo monitor (120 cd/m2 used during calibration as target value), the "standard" monitor brightness setting is much brighter than my Eizo. The next lower setting has much better correspondence to what I see on my Eizo. -- Â Otherwise enjoying the camera and a 35mm Summilux ASPH. Â Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Iron Flatline Posted January 21, 2007 Share #2 Â Posted January 21, 2007 I noticed the B&W then color switch as well... odd. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakley Posted January 21, 2007 Share #3 Â Posted January 21, 2007 I think this is because the camera actually shows two pictures - first a preview and then the "real" picture. When you put the camera into DNG+JPEG/B&W mode it sets itself to generate the preview in B&W. When you then put it into DNG-only mode, it has no "new" preview mode to override the B&W preview, so it keeps generating B&W previews, but it displays the color DNG image as the "real" picture - so you see B&W (preview) first and color (DNG) second. Â If you watch closely you'll see the transition from preview (which is low-res) to "real" picture even in DNG+color and DNG+JPEG/B&W modes - you'll see the low-res color preview switch to the higher-res color DNG after a few seconds, or you'll see the low-res B&W preview switch to the higher-res JPEG after a few seconds. Â This is also why if you zoom in with the thumb-wheel immediately after the image comes up in "play" mode it will be pixellated, and then will depixellate after a few seconds when the camera switches to the "real" image. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Flatline Posted January 21, 2007 Share #4 Â Posted January 21, 2007 It's actually an interesting option. If I want to end up with B&W I still shoot raw (which is color) and then convert later in Photoshop or Capture One. I'd still enjoy a B&W preview... I guess I could shoot in RAW + JPG Small. Takes up a little more room, and then I have to delete the JPGs later on my PC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted January 21, 2007 Share #5 Â Posted January 21, 2007 I quite like this little feature. I hope they don't remove it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike prevette Posted January 21, 2007 Share #6 Â Posted January 21, 2007 Once I learned about it I like it a lot as well. I mainly shoot BW so getting a quick idea about scene contrast before I get to see the up close detail is great. Â _mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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