hesyversen Posted July 4, 2014 Share #1 Posted July 4, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hello:) I am currently shooting a M240, with either Summilux 35mm, and Noctilux. No matter what aperture or Iso/light conditions, it always generates very saturated and dark jpegs. High contrast? Is there some settings for adjusting this? Anyone else with the same problem? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted July 4, 2014 Posted July 4, 2014 Hi hesyversen, Take a look here M240 generates dark jpegs.. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
viramati Posted July 4, 2014 Share #2 Posted July 4, 2014 1. Check your jpeg settings (see the manual should be page 169) 2. Check that you haven't accidentally dialed in a -EV compensation setting Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hesyversen Posted July 4, 2014 Author Share #3 Posted July 4, 2014 So you suggest lowering contrast an saturation to mid low f.ex? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjh Posted July 4, 2014 Share #4 Posted July 4, 2014 It would be easier to give some advice if you would provide a few examples, preferably with the EXIF data intact. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hesyversen Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share #5 Posted July 6, 2014 It would be easier to give some advice if you would provide a few examples, preferably with the EXIF data intact. Look at capturing light The lates upload. I just made screenshots of the DNG and JPEG. Shot with the Noctilux, f2.4, ISO200. 1/2000 sec. In A mode, so shutter chosen by camera. Thank you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjh Posted July 6, 2014 Share #6 Posted July 6, 2014 There isn’t so much underexposure but increased contrast and saturation it seems. Hard to say any more without having access to the actual image files with intact EXIF data. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest odeon Posted July 6, 2014 Share #7 Posted July 6, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Because all of JPEGs are processed. DNGs are raw and flat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted July 6, 2014 Share #8 Posted July 6, 2014 And it depends on the camera settings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
algrove Posted July 6, 2014 Share #9 Posted July 6, 2014 Regarding images you point use towards: What FW are you using? What are your Menu settings with regards to sharpness, saturation & contrast? Where is White Balance set in Info/Set? Where is your exposure compensation set? Do you use User profiles? I almost never use the A setting, but instead expose manually for more control. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hesyversen Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share #10 Posted July 7, 2014 Ok. I am a "rookie" in this world, so just wondering why my M always creates these dark saturated jpegs, wich I can almost never use. Skin is also a bit red/pink... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted July 7, 2014 Share #11 Posted July 7, 2014 Ok. I am a "rookie" in this world, so just wondering why my M always creates these dark saturated jpegs, wich I can almost never use. Skin is also a bit red/pink... You may want to consider exactly what you are metering from, the M240 doesn't have a sophisticated metering system and the traditional rules of photography apply in making a light reading. There are many guides about metering on the internet. Also you should consider doing what everybody else does and apply some simple post processing to your images. The M240 despite having Auto Exposure etc. is an enthusiasts camera that requires an input from the user to get the best images, hence Lightroom being supplied with it. Rarely would you expect an image to be perfect right out of the camera with any camera you can buy, and the same is true from your Leica. Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hesyversen Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share #12 Posted July 7, 2014 You may want to consider exactly what you are metering from, the M240 doesn't have a sophisticated metering system and the traditional rules of photography apply in making a light reading. There are many guides about metering on the internet. Also you should consider doing what everybody else does and apply some simple post processing to your images. The M240 despite having Auto Exposure etc. is an enthusiasts camera that requires an input from the user to get the best images, hence Lightroom being supplied with it. Rarely would you expect an image to be perfect right out of the camera with any camera you can buy, and the same is true from your Leica. Steve Yes I shoot in both raw and JPEG, and post process most my photos. But as an example, my Olympus OMD EM1 with similar settings creates pretty great, and useful jpegs 80% of the time. My M240 maybe 10% of the time. So i tought maybe some general settings might help... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted July 7, 2014 Share #13 Posted July 7, 2014 Ok. I am a "rookie" in this world, so just wondering why my M always creates these dark saturated jpegs, wich I can almost never use. Skin is also a bit red/pink... You also might consider answering the questions our members ask, e.g. about the settings of your camera. On the other hand, you also could take a few shots with different settings just to see if you like the resulting pictures better or not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hesyversen Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share #14 Posted July 7, 2014 Regarding images you point use towards: What FW are you using? What are your Menu settings with regards to sharpness, saturation & contrast? Where is White Balance set in Info/Set? Where is your exposure compensation set? Do you use User profiles? I almost never use the A setting, but instead expose manually for more control. What is FW? Sharpness = Standard I have changed Saturation and Contrast from Standard to Medium/low (to see of that helps). Exposure compensation is off. No i do not use User profiles. Light meterin mode = Classic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
algrove Posted July 8, 2014 Share #15 Posted July 8, 2014 What is FW?Sharpness = Standard I have changed Saturation and Contrast from Standard to Medium/low (to see of that helps). Exposure compensation is off. No i do not use User profiles. Light meterin mode = Classic. Fw-firmware. It is the last item on the main Menu. If you hit the up arrow when first looking at the main menu, it will take you backwards to the last menu item which is Firmware. Also happen to think if upon import into LR do have any presets, profiles that might be different from default settings? I use many different cameras and even though jpegs are not my priority when I look at them they seem to be nicely more saturated than RAW files which to me is normal. With my Canon 5D3 jpegs seem to be less saturated OOC than with the M240 OOC, but still more saturated than RAW files which is the nature of RAW versus jpeg files IMHO. With Sony RX-1 jpegs seem to be slightly more saturated than RAW files. With my MF cameras I only shoot RAW, so no comparisons there. With the Leica C the jpegs are more saturated than RAW files and behave similar to the Panasonic LX-5 in relation to jpegs files versus RAW files. Agree that from here, you posting some image examples might help more than words. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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