M10 - the Image Thread

[Jared]

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Here is my first decent picture with the M10, and the reason I am showing it here is it's something I couldn't have done at all with the M9, and would have struggled to do even with the M(240).  It's a Milky Way shot taken at around 1:00am on the morning of July 2, 2017.  This was with the 35mm Summilux FLE stopped down to f/2.  I probably would have been better served with a 21mm or a 24mm, but the 35 is what I had with me, so...

 

This was taken from the top of Mt. Tamalpais in Mill Valley, CA (around 800m elevation or so).  It is a composite of twelve separate four second exposures at ISO 3200.  With a shorter focal length lens I could have gone longer than 4s, but this was the limit before stars would star to trail at 35mm.  I aligned the sky in PixInsight (generally used for astronomy images), and then averaged them together.  The foreground was likewise averaged, just without the alignment.  This took care of the star trails in the sky without blurring the foreground.  

 

The portion of the sky in the photograph is Sagittarius--looking right towards the center of the Milky Way galaxy. At full resolution you can see several open clusters and a couple nebulae.  The bright star in the upper right is the planet Saturn.  

 

The M9, due to its noise characteristics, could not have captured this shot at all.  I know--I've tried before.  The M(240) could have done it with the same quality, but instead of twelve exposures I would have needed more like fifty for the same noise levels (or lack thereof).  Maybe more like 40.  Hard to know for sure since I think the M(240) may have suffered a bit less with thermal noise as the chip warmed up, but definitely wasn't as good with regard to read noise.  

 

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Edited July 13, 2017 by Jared

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[Jared]

Oh, and for anyone interested, this is the shot I was actually on Mt. Tamalpais to capture.  Unfortunately, no Leica equipment involved, but this is what my telescope was busy capturing when I took the Milky Way shot.  It's IC 1396 in the constellation Cepheus--a very star rich section of the Milky Way.  It's a big cloud of hydrogen gas surrounding a cluster of young stars.  The bright star in the upper right is Mu Cephei, one of the largest, reddest stars visible to the naked eye.  It's something like 20,000 times brighter than the Sun and is so large that if you put it where our Sun is located, not only would Mercury, Venus, and the Earth be inside it, but so would Mars and (just barely) Jupiter.

 

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That one is roughly a three hour exposure in total (three and five minute increments).  Specialized astronomy camera through a 130mm refracting telescope at f/4.5--equivalent to a 585mm lens.

[Prosophos]

So far, I'm keeping the M9.

 

Unfortunately, I feel the same way (the M10 sensor is definitely better than the one in the M240 though).

[tonyniev]

Here is my first decent picture with the M10, and the reason I am showing it here is it's something I couldn't have done at all with the M9, and would have struggled to do even with the M(240).  It's a Milky Way shot taken at around 1:00am on the morning of July 2, 2017.  This was with the 35mm Summilux FLE stopped down to f/2.  I probably would have been better served with a 21mm or a 24mm, but the 35 is what I had with me, so...

 

This was taken from the top of Mt. Tamalpais in Mill Valley, CA (around 800m elevation or so).  It is a composite of twelve separate four second exposures at ISO 3200.  With a shorter focal length lens I could have gone longer than 4s, but this was the limit before stars would star to trail at 35mm.  I aligned the sky in PixInsight (generally used for astronomy images), and then averaged them together.  The foreground was likewise averaged, just without the alignment.  This took care of the star trails in the sky without blurring the foreground.  

 

The portion of the sky in the photograph is Sagittarius--looking right towards the center of the Milky Way galaxy. At full resolution you can see several open clusters and a couple nebulae.  The bright star in the upper right is the planet Saturn.  

 

The M9, due to its noise characteristics, could not have captured this shot at all.  I know--I've tried before.  The M(240) could have done it with the same quality, but instead of twelve exposures I would have needed more like fifty for the same noise levels (or lack thereof).  Maybe more like 40.  Hard to know for sure since I think the M(240) may have suffered a bit less with thermal noise as the chip warmed up, but definitely wasn't as good with regard to read noise.  

 

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I understand aat 35 mm you could go up to 14 seconds before star trails. 550/35

[Jay B]

Boy Scout Troop 411
4th of July Parade 2017, Carnation, Washington

M10, 50 Summilux


Boy Scout Troop 411 by Jay Burleson Seattle, on Flickr

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[Jared]

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<I understand aat 35 mm you could go up to 14 seconds before star trails. 550/35>

 

It depends on the part of the sky. Sagittarius is almost due south at 1:00am in early July and at an altitude where the star motion is much greater (arc seconds per second) than, for example, near the Polaris where I could probably have gone thirty seconds without noticeable trailing. I was seeing pretty obvious trails at six seconds. I don't find the rule of 500 conservative enough, even though it is intended to cover the worst case scenario of objects near the celestial equator (like Sagittarius).

 

- Jared

Edited July 13, 2017 by Jared

[franafricano]

Oxford (England) by Franafricano, en Flickr

[robert blu]

Robert - Just a great photo.  The color is like a painting!  If you have an aquatic/marina themed room in the house, print and frame this.

 

 

thanks, I was lucky, the light was perfect as direction and intensity, and the M10 rocks !

robert

[pipatree]

M10 + Canon EF 70-200mm/f2.8L

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M10 + Canon EF 70-200mm/f2.8L

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[tonyniev]

M10 + Canon EF 70-200mm/f2.8L

what adapter do you use?

[tonyniev]

7 image panorama, hand held, sky filled with content aware

 

[vikasmg]

M10 + Canon EF 70-200mm/f2.8L

 

Would you mind telling me what adapter you use for that lens and do you find the lens easy to use on the M10?  I assume this is with the Visoflex?

 

- Vikas

[LeicaR10]

Tonyniev,   Nice image and pano perspective of Red Rock Canyon NCA and Turtle Head Peak in the distance.  Another great shot is Rainbow Mountain at Red Rock Canyon at sunrise and even more astonishing if photographed in winter.  Las Vegas has some very beautiful areas to photograph if you know where to look besides the strip.  r/ Mark

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[tonyniev]

Tonyniev,   Nice image and pano perspective of Red Rock Canyon NCA and Turtle Head Peak in the distance.  Another great shot is Rainbow Mountain at Red Rock Canyon at sunrise and even more astonishing if photographed in winter.  Las Vegas has some very beautiful areas to photograph if you know where to look besides the strip.  r/ Mark

Thanks. I shot this the next day after I got the M10 at 9 pm the previous night, it was at high noon, :-(. Yes I have winter and sunset shots of the area,

[Jay B]

The Star Spangled Banner
Cedarcrest Camerata Women's Barbershop Quartet, 4th of July Parade 2017, Carnation, Washington

M10, 50 Summilux


The Star Spangled Banner by Jay Burleson Seattle, on Flickr

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Hallo,

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[vikasmg]

 

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Cedarcrest Camerata Women's Barbershop Quartet, 4th of July Parade 2017, Carnation, Washington

M10, 50 Summilux

 

The Star Spangled Banner by Jay Burleson Seattle, on Flickr

 

 

Very nice indeed.  Thank you.

[pipatree]

what adapter do you use?

Hi Tony:

I am using a Canon EOS to Leica M adapter branded "K & F Concept". Such after-market adapters are flooded on eBay, and you can easily find one for yourself. Happy Shooting!