maxofrome Posted July 13, 2012 Author Share #21 Posted July 13, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thanks all! I understand much better how to treat my Leica file. Being honest I used more often in daylight and the needs to increase ISO was at today really rare. So during this backstage I was afraid to be unable to treat properly my file. I use your tips and in many case is now much good looking. I will try in the next day with higher ISO to see what I can obtain. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted July 13, 2012 Posted July 13, 2012 Hi maxofrome, Take a look here M9 at the backstage of fashion week | Some post processing idea. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
jaapv Posted July 13, 2012 Share #22 Posted July 13, 2012 Good for you. When shooting in low light do watch your exposure! Specular highlights will fool your camera into underexposing. It is far more easy to use manual exposure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruniroquai Posted July 13, 2012 Share #23 Posted July 13, 2012 Jaap lovely pictures! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxofrome Posted July 13, 2012 Author Share #24 Posted July 13, 2012 thanks again to all. I did some more post processing and I achieve good result without having to move to B&W. I really appreciate your support, now I can move on and post all the back stage of the fashion week. 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! 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/183478-m9-at-the-backstage-of-fashion-week-some-post-processing-idea/?do=findComment&comment=2061879'>More sharing options...
maxofrome Posted July 19, 2012 Author Share #25 Posted July 19, 2012 Good for you. When shooting in low light do watch your exposure! Specular highlights will fool your camera into underexposing. It is far more easy to use manual exposure. Jaap thanks again! I spent the last few days shooting at high ISO, going to 2500 and I really understand your comment on what Leica want to achieve ,preserving the quality of the picture without implement a noise reduction routine for high iso. Learning better how to use the camera I can now use properly the camera at ISO speed I was thinking was not usable going manual and setting the correct aperture. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wparsonsgisnet Posted July 19, 2012 Share #26 Posted July 19, 2012 Max, take another picture of that model now, and maybe she won't look scary anymore. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxofrome Posted July 20, 2012 Author Share #27 Posted July 20, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Max, take another picture of that model now, and maybe she won't look scary anymore. I will try :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
proenca Posted July 20, 2012 Share #28 Posted July 20, 2012 I think I prefer the original grainy texture to the digital noise blots left over by Define.As said elsewhere in this thread - get the ISO-phobia out of your mind, choose the value that will allow you to get a nice full exposure and it will be a whole lot better. Don't let specular highlights faze you and fool your metering - they are supposed to be blown out. pretty much spot on - on all accounts what jaap said - I also prefer the original grainy texture to the smooth digital blob left by anti aliasiang. ISO : just exposure few stops up and everything is ok - M9 up to ISO 800 is baby clean, if exposed properly. ISO 1600 and even 2500 look good - I used them with nice results, just overexpose a bit, not killing the highlights and then reduce in post processing - shadow noise in Leicas will KILL YOU and make your life a living hell. when bumping the ISO, I usually overexposed by a stop and then adjust the exposure on post processing - noise is very very low when doing this. Learned to do this from the Canon 1Ds MKI days, same noise caracteristics as Leicas - fine"ish" if you overexpose, bad bad bad if you have to recover anything from darker areas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxofrome Posted July 20, 2012 Author Share #29 Posted July 20, 2012 I did some more try and I am very happy of that, I sum some of the things I understand thanks to you all in my blog Leica M9 @ high ISO | massimilianotiberi Over all thanks again! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Posted July 21, 2012 Share #30 Posted July 21, 2012 Define 2 on skin with U point. other areas untouched That doesn't look natural imho. On my 5D2 files (I don't have a digital M) I find that CS5's noise reduction works quite well, particularly for the colour noise. The result is not entirely dissimilar to film grain. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobey bilek Posted July 27, 2012 Share #31 Posted July 27, 2012 I think I prefer the original grainy texture to the digital noise blots left over by Define.As said elsewhere in this thread - get the ISO-phobia out of your mind, choose the value that will allow you to get a nice full exposure and it will be a whole lot better. Don't let specular highlights faze you and fool your metering - they are supposed to be blown out. If you had read carefully, ONLY THE SKIN received define treatment. That is U Point control. One could easily process other areas +skin and each individually or do the whole photo in one shot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxofrome Posted October 28, 2012 Author Share #32 Posted October 28, 2012 Thanks all for your reply and thanks to the forum I really understand how to treat the M9's files. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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