elihimmet Posted January 1, 2014 Share #1 Posted January 1, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi everyone, My best wishes for the new year! I start this year in a lucky way:D. Since two days I am the owner of an M (240) and a summicron-m 35mm ASHP. I allready had a lux 50mm ASHP. I wanted to buy a second hand M Monochrome. But I chose a new M 240. I'm new in RF. I think, with M nothing can go wrong because there is also the possibility to use EVF. But I will mainly use RF. In the coming period I will learn a lot about using this camera! Best regards, Elihimmet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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george + Posted January 1, 2014 Share #2 Posted January 1, 2014 Congratulations. Enjoy! And Happy New Year! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
satijntje Posted January 1, 2014 Share #3 Posted January 1, 2014 Gefeliciteerd! Enjoy the M240 with the nice lens! And don't forget: We expect to see soon some examples here in the forum! John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomv Posted January 1, 2014 Share #4 Posted January 1, 2014 Hi everyone, My best wishes for the new year!I start this year in a lucky way:D. Since two days I am the owner of an M (240) and a summicron-m 35mm ASHP. I allready had a lux 50mm ASHP. I wanted to buy a second hand M Monochrome. But I chose a new M 240. I'm new in RF. I think, with M nothing can go wrong because there is also the possibility to use EVF. But I will mainly use RF. In the coming period I will learn a lot about using this camera! Best regards, Elihimmet Dear Elihimmet, Welcome to the forum. It would be quite nice if you could post some pictures of your nice new camera! I wonder how you will judge it with the different lenses! Kind photographic regards! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomv Posted January 1, 2014 Share #5 Posted January 1, 2014 Dear Elihimmet, can you please send me a private message with the contact details of the seller? I am interested... Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted January 1, 2014 Share #6 Posted January 1, 2014 Elihimmet - Welcome and I'm sure you are going to enjoy your new Leica M! 50mm and 35mm for many Leica photographers is considered the perfect 2 lens kit. That 35 Summicron is a wonderful little lens and your 50/1.4 is considered one of the best 50mm lenses ever made. Rick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elihimmet Posted January 1, 2014 Author Share #7 Posted January 1, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thanks a lot for your reactions. I will certainly send photographs. I have a question. What do you use? compressed of uncompressed DNG? And do you have any suggestions for basic settings? Thank you! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted January 1, 2014 Share #8 Posted January 1, 2014 You’ll find a lot of your questions have already been answered if you browse this forum. No there is no rational reason to use uncompressed DNGs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannybuoy Posted January 1, 2014 Share #9 Posted January 1, 2014 Welcome to M ownership. I have both those lenses and they make me very, very happy. I'm sure they will you too. Enjoy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonil Posted January 2, 2014 Share #10 Posted January 2, 2014 No there is no rational reason to use uncompressed DNGs. I thought that everyone shooting an M used Uncompressed DNG - sure the file size is large but you lose no data right? I thought compressed DNG was lossy, or at best, not a great RAW file. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted January 2, 2014 Share #11 Posted January 2, 2014 I thought that everyone shooting an M used Uncompressed DNG - sure the file size is large but you lose no data right? I thought compressed DNG was lossy, or at best, not a great RAW file. No sir. It is not lossy for our purposes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hossain Posted January 2, 2014 Share #12 Posted January 2, 2014 I thought compressed DNG was lossy, or at best, not a great RAW file. Compressed DNG is Lossless. As Jaapv and others have said, there is no rational (and I would add practical) reason to go for Uncompressed DNG. A forum search will reveal many past discussions on this topic. In addition, this is what Leica has to say in that must-read Leica-M Instructions Manual (page 164). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonil Posted January 2, 2014 Share #13 Posted January 2, 2014 Compressed DNG is Lossless. As Jaapv and others have said, there is no rational (and I would add practical) reason to go for Uncompressed DNG. A forum search will reveal many past discussions on this topic. In addition, this is what Leica has to say in that must-read Leica-M Instructions Manual (page 164). Edit: Some brilliant information - But it still feels counter intuitive to not be shooting at the best possible file size/quality Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheshireCat Posted January 2, 2014 Share #14 Posted January 2, 2014 I thought compressed DNG was lossy It was lossy on models before the M 240. It is perfectly safe and strongly recommended on the M 240. DNG is a very versatile format, and the firmware can store data in silly or intelligent ways. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheshireCat Posted January 2, 2014 Share #15 Posted January 2, 2014 Edit: Some brilliant information - But it still feels counter intuitive to not be shooting at the best possible file size/quality Since the quality is exactly the same, the best possible file size is the smallest. If you are shooting uncompressed, then you are not using the best possible file size/quality. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonil Posted January 2, 2014 Share #16 Posted January 2, 2014 Since the quality is exactly the same, the best possible file size is the smallest. If you are shooting uncompressed, then you are not using the best possible file size/quality. Fascinating - thanks for the answer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted January 2, 2014 Share #17 Posted January 2, 2014 No sir. It is not lossy for our purposes.Not for any purpose. It is lossless, i.e. the compressed file can be expanded to one that is identical to the original one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozoyo Posted January 2, 2014 Share #18 Posted January 2, 2014 Thanks a lot for your reactions. I will certainly send photographs. I have a question.What do you use? compressed of uncompressed DNG? And do you have any suggestions for basic settings? Thank you! It was suggested somewhere to shoot compressed DNG + B&W JPG. I followed that advice and would recommend it as well. This way you can store the DNG and preview in B&W (the camera screen will only display the JPGs), which is very handy to verify light and contrast. + I often keep the B&W JPGs, most of the time they are near perfect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jip Posted January 3, 2014 Share #19 Posted January 3, 2014 But as of the M240 u don't need to enable JPEG to see black and white on the screen. Just select DNG only and select black and white in the main menu, it'll make a colour DNG with B&W preview on screen without having to save a JPEG. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonil Posted January 3, 2014 Share #20 Posted January 3, 2014 But as of the M240 u don't need to enable JPEG to see black and white on the screen. Just select DNG only and select black and white in the main menu, it'll make a colour DNG with B&W preview on screen without having to save a JPEG. Oh my god, you can do that? That's faw*ing amazeballs Although I have seen the M240 spit out B&W jpegs OOC, and they look perfect as is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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