tah Posted March 18, 2015 Share #721 Posted March 18, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) L1023481_2 by Mr.Mansen, on Flickr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted March 18, 2015 Posted March 18, 2015 Hi tah, Take a look here Still Loving the M8. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
otto.f Posted March 18, 2015 Share #722 Posted March 18, 2015 M8.2 / 50mm Summarit 1.5 Improbably well done in fullness of colors with this old lens. Great! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Fool Posted March 19, 2015 Share #723 Posted March 19, 2015 (edited) M8.2 / 50mm Summarit 1.5 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited March 19, 2015 by Henry Fool 12 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/160294-still-loving-the-m8/?do=findComment&comment=2783471'>More sharing options...
Lenshacker Posted March 20, 2015 Share #724 Posted March 20, 2015 Leica M8 with a Y48 (medium yellow) filter, M8RAW2DNG, then custom FORTRAN routine for demosaic and conversion. MONO_Y48_SMALL by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr 100% crop. MONO_Y48_CROP by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr The Blue channel still has a lot of sensitivity past a tradition color-separation filter "BLUE". I will compare the M8 with the Monochrom, both with Yellow filters. What strikes me about the M8 image: the image is very uniform as the channels are more balanced for the conversion. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenshacker Posted March 20, 2015 Share #725 Posted March 20, 2015 Another with the Y48 filter and custom monochrome conversion software. A little more structure in this one. MONO5677 by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr 100% crop. MONO5677_crop by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr That 100% crop... reminds me of the Monochrom... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndf9 Posted March 22, 2015 Share #726 Posted March 22, 2015 I can only be happy with the M8 My good friend let me fotograf him at his place (i will offer the pictures printed) Jpg out of cam (very little contrast ad in LR5) the color one is from a RAW with M8Raw2DNG conversation from DNG in LR5 the last one is a ISO 5000 equivalent (- 5stop EV M8Raw2DNG LR5 some PP used the VL 15mm at f/4.5) i think AMAZING :roll eyes: Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 5 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/160294-still-loving-the-m8/?do=findComment&comment=2785020'>More sharing options...
Lenshacker Posted March 22, 2015 Share #727 Posted March 22, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) ^^^^ |||| That ISO5000 shot is really clean! I love this camera, having a blast with the RAW files thanks to Arvid. I revised the Demosaic routine for the Green channel. 5677_newdemosaic by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr 100% crop, Y48 filter used, then image converted to Monochrome using Fortran, written as Raw. I am learning DNG. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
prud Posted March 22, 2015 Share #728 Posted March 22, 2015 (edited) VL 40 f1.4 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited March 22, 2015 by prud 4 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/160294-still-loving-the-m8/?do=findComment&comment=2785234'>More sharing options...
Lenshacker Posted March 22, 2015 Share #729 Posted March 22, 2015 (edited) I've been using the M8 with a Y48 Medium Yellow filter. The idea, as other M8 users on this forum have stated, it gives better conversions to monochrome if you know in advance that you will be simulating a yellow filter. Why? the Blue channel in the M8 (and M9) is sensitive to light well past the cutoff of the yellow filter. It's like getting a free channel. Most software is not set up to handle this, and seems to try to balance the channels before allowing a conversion. Maybe a way around that? I was not sure, so wanting to understand exactly what the software was doing: did my own. The algorithm is very simple: reads in Arvid's DNG from M8RAW2DNG, does it's own demosaic of the Red, Green, and Blue channels: then adds them. Results written to disk as raw data, then brought into Photoshop using "OPEN AS RAW". I've been using a "curves" calibration for all the files, Photoshop RAW expects 'FFFF'x to be white. I export to TIFF, but will add that to my code. M1015730 by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr M1015728 by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr M1015732 by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr Edited March 22, 2015 by Lenshacker 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tah Posted March 23, 2015 Share #730 Posted March 23, 2015 L1023075_3 by Mr.Mansen, on Flickr 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loren Posted March 23, 2015 Share #731 Posted March 23, 2015 I can only be happy with the M8 My good friend let me fotograf him at his place (i will offer the pictures printed) He did an amazing job painting that Audi. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
prud Posted March 23, 2015 Share #732 Posted March 23, 2015 M8 VL40 DNGMonochrome Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 6 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/160294-still-loving-the-m8/?do=findComment&comment=2785586'>More sharing options...
jonnyboy Posted March 23, 2015 Share #733 Posted March 23, 2015 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenshacker Posted March 25, 2015 Share #734 Posted March 25, 2015 M1015755 by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr Orange 56 filter on the M8, Blue channel responds even with the filter on the camera. Blue* 4+ red+ Green. This is with Arvid's M8RAW2DNG, then converted to a Monochrome DNG with my own custom software, just learning how to do this. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndf9 Posted March 26, 2015 Share #735 Posted March 26, 2015 Just received my Printed Photographies back from the Labor 15x20 and bigger prints Colored B+W ALL fine Great looking, superb resolution, nice DOF sharp and and ……… The Leica M8 was and still is a great camera. As a Digital Leica a Bargain worth every penny chears Nic 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 27, 2015 Share #736 Posted March 27, 2015 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! (M8/28) lambda. Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! (M8/28) lambda. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/160294-still-loving-the-m8/?do=findComment&comment=2787998'>More sharing options...
david strachan Posted March 27, 2015 Share #737 Posted March 27, 2015 M8 and Summicron 50mm collapsible (1952) Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Honey Bee in White Sage 4 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Honey Bee in White Sage ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/160294-still-loving-the-m8/?do=findComment&comment=2788308'>More sharing options...
Lenshacker Posted March 28, 2015 Share #738 Posted March 28, 2015 This is another experiment with monochrome conversion. It started with an uncompressed DNG from Arvid's M8RAW2DNG. The lens has an Orange filter over it, and the post-processor converts it to two colors- then adds the two channels. Blue/Green are "equalized" and used uninterpolated for 3 of the 4 pixels in the Bayer cells, 4th is interpolated from green. The Red channel is interpolated, two channels added. M1015790 by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr Still an experiment. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenshacker Posted March 28, 2015 Share #739 Posted March 28, 2015 Another of the "two-Channel" conversions, this time the blue/green are automatically matched based on histogram. M1015792 by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr Full-sized Jpegs of the image uploaded, some slight adjustment for the black-level in Photoshop "Levels", but that is all. The rest is the raw convertor. GEEK ALERT! http://www.leicaplace.com/threads/1145/#post-8538 Source code for the conversion posted... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenshacker Posted March 30, 2015 Share #740 Posted March 30, 2015 Leica M8, 1934 5cm f2 Sonnar with Red filter. M1015835 by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr M1015833 by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr Custom conversion software used. I love my M8. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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