M10 - the Image Thread

[Stealth3kpl]

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Steve, I know it's early days, but what are your impressions regarding dynamic range and colour compared to the M240/M-P?

Pete

[Steve Ash]

Just had a look at the exif of my wife's shot. AWB, ISO100, 1/180 sec.

 

I cannot compare it to the M240 as I have no experience in this regard.

 

 

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[Guest]

This shot is done with ISO2500 if anyone is interested to know.

 

Can understand the shakes of the cameraman, as it is a highly amusing portrait. Great fun.

[Guest]

Nice shot of Petra, Steve! [emoji3]

Yes the eyes especially have come out brilliant. I would be proud of that image.

[waterlenz]

I understand that the shadows can be recovered in post process , and so can the highlights, there is always some sort of exposure latitude in any sensor , specially in CMOSS sensors more then CCD. However this is no replacement for pure dynamic range.

It,s like colour negative film vs. Reversal film (colour transparency) colour negative has a much more exposure latitude while reversal film has much better dynamic range .

Dynamic range depends a lot on how an image is displayed - e.g., transmitted light vs. reflected light. Higher for transmitted. Glossy prints higher than matte prints. Films had peculiar behavior with respect to exposure. With tranny film one wanted to avoid over exposure for sure but some kinds of tranny film had very lousy shadows especially the earlier Ektachrome films (e.g. from the 60's when I was a younger (!) photographer). Underexposed Kodachrome was much better IMHO - was done improve color saturation. Color neg could be overexposed a bit but shadows turned muddy quite fast on underexposure. Shadow noise has been a major issue with digital especially when bringing it up in post - much better with more recent sensors in my experience.

[waterlenz]

I hounestly do not want to discuss this , not on this thread, this thread is pinned for pictures taken with the new M10. So whoever is fortunate and has one, please show us your passion and your world as yo see it and share your pics.

Agree, however tiny jpegs are not useful IMHO. Downloadable DNGs allow one to look at the images up to the pixel level as well as work with them such as in Lightroom.

[honcho]

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... And yes, my wife's skin has a yellow tint.

 

I hope you're right.  I couldn't live with that if that's what the camera does!

 

(I mean the skin tone, not your missus).

Edited January 20, 2017 by honcho

[digitalfx]

arrived today...really nice upgrade from the M240

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[jonoslack]

Hi Everyone

Some more images here:

 

https://adobe.ly/2kc1DJl

[Sergius]

 

Hi Everyone

Some more images here:

 

https://adobe.ly/2kc1DJl

 

 

The 75 lux is stunning :-)

[steppenw0lf]

 

Hi Everyone

Some more images here:

 

https://adobe.ly/2kc1DJl

 

Thanks for the link. Did you also try the Summilux-SL 50 ?  Or were you too busy with the M10 ?

Some of your images had more saturated colors than with the SL (my impression). Is this the "signature" of the M10 sensor ?  Or just different postprocessing ?

Edited January 21, 2017 by steppenw0lf

[Beena22]

Hi Everyone

Some more images here:

https://adobe.ly/2kc1DJl

Wow they're stunning. Thanks for sharing.

[jonoslack]

Thanks for the link. Did you also try the Summilux-SL 50 ? Or were you too busy with the M10 ?

Some of your images had more saturated colors than with the SL (my impression). Is this the "signature" of the M10 sensor ? Or just different postprocessing ?

Hi Stefan (is that the right spelling, there are all least 4 different ones!)

I hope you're well

Not the signature - if anything the M10 is less saturated, and of course the images are processed - one day I'll learn to get them right first time . . . On the other hand the colour is not fiddled with - I think it's great out of the camera.

I did spend some time with the SL 50 . . But as you say, I've been busy with this!

Edited January 21, 2017 by jonoslack

[dkmoore]

A couple of images taken in RAW, imported to Lightroom, exported jpeg. The M10 profile in Lightroom boosts saturation and warms up the image as opposed to importing without a profile. No editing was done.

 

50 Lux around 1600ISO and various apertures. You won't get much from the jpegs but I will say that in my opinion the color RAW files are excellent. The skin tones look perfect. 

 

I am traveling the next few days to the great lakes so will take some "real" photos.

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[dkmoore]

another example. WB also excellent.

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[A miller]

another example. WB also excellent.

 

well, the white does look reasonably white.  But the skin is an ugly yellow that - at least to me - doesn't look natural.  Perhaps the WB setting needs to be changed?

[A miller]

 

Hi Everyone

Some more images here:

 

https://adobe.ly/2kc1DJl

 

Some of the colors are really spot on.

But so many of them are not.  

And perhaps its the exposure and lack of editing time, but the blown highlights seem to pervade and they are not very charming (IMHO).

I agree with the comment that the images look very similar to those from the SL.

It would have been nice to see more examples that don't have added vignetting.

[johnbuckley]

I took the M10 to the Women's March On Washington today, and shot about 200 pictures.  The light was abysmal - it was completely flat and gray/white, and given how many women were wearing bright pinks and purples, I worried the pictures would come out really garish and awful, the colors too hot.  While I find I still can learn how best to adjust WB, the work needed in LR was pretty minimal, and the color rendering quite accurate. 

 

Attached is a link to a write-up of the event which also provided an opportunity to post images that I think can give you a sense of how well this camera performs.  

 

https://tulipfrenzy.com/2017/01/21/the-leica-m10-at-the-womens-march-on-washington/

 

Please note: while I clearly was at the event today in sympathy with it, if the politics offend you, just look at the pictures.  That's why I post them here -- to give you a sense of how the M10 performs under very difficult light conditions.  And if you don't want to peak, here's the spoiler: this is the best M I have ever used, and I've owned every one going back to the M7.

 

I hope you enjoy this post and find it useful.

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[imants]

The light looks pretty good nice and flat great for a bit of PP work... no noonday  bright sun with shadow contrasts  nor the darkness of night

Edited January 22, 2017 by epsonRD1

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[johnbuckley]

If you say so! It was pretty dreary. But yeah, the camera worked in it...