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Weird IS performance with X1 or is this normal?


symmetron

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Look at these 2 photos. Same exposure and ISO, but the IS (which I don't use, but was just checking it out) gave a totally different result. Is this normal for X1 with its digital IS or is there something wrong with THIS camera? Exposure info: ISO 1000, f/2.8, 1/30. With IS is darker than without IS. Histograms are different also.

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IS won't change the color but anything else can, like a few seconds pause between shots and even the tiniest movement of camera or anything else.

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Possibly the Sunlight reflection on the table!

maybe a setting was altered without realizing!

Did you know that in “IS” the camera takes 2 images & combines them...

thoughts only thoughts......:)

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I exchanged the camera for another one, and the new camera also under certain circumstances, will underexpose using IS. Apparently, it only happens in shots where it's dark, and I mean no dominant light source, yet still within the IS operating parameters. It only happens under certain circumstances, but generally, the IS performs acceptably.

 

Yesterday before exchanging the camera, I spoke with Mark Brady at Leica USA, and he had not heard of the issue. Today he called me back after speaking with Leica Solms and they are interested so I sent them some photos replicating the issue.

 

There's a concern apparently that there's some software quirk in the processing algorithm I guess especially since it happened on two cameras. Fortunately I don't really use IS, but I was concerned with the original X1 that there was an issue. Apparently, it's a "class" problem that Leica will sort out eventually.

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