richam Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share #21 Posted December 17, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) The C is a great little camera; the diopter correction wheel is a pain but TYVM Pete for the correction fluid suggestion. Unfortunately mine has been back to Leica Mayfair twice for adjustment / repair - but it's fine now following a replacement outer body being fitted. The panoramic mode is worth exploring and gave interesting results. I plan to try the 'starry sky' mode next time I'm astro observing - I believe the camera adds a totally black image frame to the exposed image thus eliminating image noise. dunk Not sure how the camera does it. Perhaps it mimics a manual procedure. Don't remember where I first heard of it, but I've had success doing it manually by opening identical shots in PS as layers and combining according to how many shots are used. All the bright areas are identical, but the noise buried in the dark areas is random. For example, with 4 exposures/layers, the background stays at 100%, layer 1 at 50%, layer 2 at 33% and layer 4 at 25%. This means each layer contributes 25% of the final image. The random patterned noise in the dark areas would tend to cancel out, leaving a smooth background. I could also see, as you suggest, that a black layer (or near black layer with low level random noise) could be used to set a noise cutoff threshold. Or perhaps a processing algorithm could set a cutoff without having to use a black frame at all? Curious about this, so anyone who knows for sure how the C does is, please enlighten us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pebbles Posted January 25, 2016 Share #22 Posted January 25, 2016 Has anyone moved from the Leica C to the D-Lux 6 ? Is the EVF on the D-Lux dramatically better ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pebbles Posted March 8, 2016 Share #23 Posted March 8, 2016 I shouldn't be surprised if the Leica C gets a following like the Digilux 2. It is an amazing and quite delightful camera doing everything my Digilux 2 could do but with more pixels and a longer zoom. A really marvelous little camera. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjans Posted March 8, 2016 Share #24 Posted March 8, 2016 I shouldn't be surprised if the Leica C gets a following like the Digilux 2. It is an amazing and quite delightful camera doing everything my Digilux 2 could do but with more pixels and a longer zoom. A really marvelous little camera. I still have my D2 and compared a low light shot at 50 mm eq. and ISO 400 with a subject at approx. 0.7 m. The D2 takes aperture 2.1 and the little C 3.3. The difference in IQ was noticible as could be expected due to the better sensor of the C. In fact, the D2 was released in 2004 and is showing its age. I also found the out of focus rendering of the C better than the D2 in this picture. I'm very pleased with the C quality, a great little travel camera. Best Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giulio Zanni Posted August 14, 2016 Share #25 Posted August 14, 2016 I just got a Leica C. What a sweet little camera. I just regret it doesn't have the warning highlight blinkies. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leica dream Posted August 14, 2016 Share #26 Posted August 14, 2016 Not sure what you mean here. I have found that shooting into light, for instance, the C does warn that you are about to take a back-lit image then, after shooting, it seems to go off to process some sort of correction before storing. The end result is well balanced. Check out the Leica C Post them here thread for some excellent C images - www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/237139-leica-c-images-post-them-here Richard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjans Posted August 15, 2016 Share #27 Posted August 15, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) Not sure what you mean here. I have found that shooting into light, for instance, the C does warn that you are about to take a back-lit image then, after shooting, it seems to go off to process some sort of correction before storing. The end result is well balanced. Check out the Leica C Post them here thread for some excellent C images - www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/237139-leica-c-images-post-them-here Richard I think I know, I used a D-Lux 3 in the passed and as far I remember you can set it that overexposed parts of a picture shows a marking, but do not remember anymore if this indication was blinking or not. Best Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giulio Zanni Posted September 7, 2016 Share #28 Posted September 7, 2016 I think I know, I used a D-Lux 3 in the passed and as far I remember you can set it that overexposed parts of a picture shows a marking, but do not remember anymore if this indication was blinking or not. Best Yes, that's it, the overexposed areas would blink Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorbard Posted September 8, 2016 Share #29 Posted September 8, 2016 I have a Leica C in my collection of Leitz cameras, and find it very useful in that it can sit comfortably in a shirt or jacket pocket and if necessary, its images can be printed up to size A2 without losing definition. ( heck, My printer won't even do that size - it's massive!) I find its greyscale quite wonderful ( shooting a lot in monochrome) and have never yet had to resort to tweaking in lightroom or whatever. If I can ever figure out how to get a photograph out of my library and onto tapatalk, ( being almost 76 and still struggling with all this new-fangled technology, I'm easily baffled...), I'll post the picture I took in the Suffolk Arms pub in, I think, Belgravia, London, in available light, to prove my point. I was agreeably astounded at the contrast and image quality of such a tiny camera. And, incidentally, ( usual disclaimers) I bought mine from Red Dot Cameras, in Old Street, London, for £71 cheaper than the regular price in Jessops etc. Well pleased..... Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted September 9, 2016 Share #30 Posted September 9, 2016 yorbard, why not export a file using Lightroom to your desktop, dimensioned it to meet the forum specs, and upload directly to the forum? I do not think it is necessary to add more electronic links to your chain.There is advice on uploading in a sticky posting. It is great to read about your satisfaction with the C. It is ideal for candid shots or capturing the unexpected. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorbard Posted September 14, 2016 Share #31 Posted September 14, 2016 yorbard, why not export a file using Lightroom to your desktop, dimensioned it to meet the forum specs, and upload directly to the forum? I do not think it is necessary to add more electronic links to your chain.There is advice on uploading in a sticky posting. It is great to read about your satisfaction with the C. It is ideal for candid shots or capturing the unexpected. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorbard Posted September 14, 2016 Share #32 Posted September 14, 2016 "Head and shoulders above the rest" picture taken at the Suffolk Arms pub, in London, this is the Leica C picture I was talking about. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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