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Greetings! I have a comparison request for an SL2 & m10 owner out there. I'd love to see a comparison with the same subject shot with the same M lens on the two bodies. I owned an SL for a while, and found the photos with the m10 to often have more of a 3D pop, particularly in color, and was wondering how the SL2 images "felt" compared to similar shots from the m10. This is entirely a feels comparison, I'm not particularly interested in the variance in sharpness at the corners or wide angle performance. Bonus points for using a 35 lux or 50 cron apo, which are my most-used lenses. Many thanks in advance.

 

Alexander O. Smith

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As you reference feel, it's rather difficult to fulfill your request. I spent a few quick minutes with the 50mm Summilux (BC) on a tripod.   One thing I can say unequivocally is that the AWB on the M10 is warm, the SL2 cool.  I didn't bother spending the time to try to line things up precisely; more trouble than it was worth in my estimation.   

Here are a couple of the test shots, Both ISO 100 f2.8  1/8" SooC:

M10

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SL2

 

 

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After correcting AWB via LR. Sample taken from the mailbox area on the the right.

M10

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SL2

 

To my eye the M10 offers a bit more contrast, but seems a little more red biased which might be contributing to that impression.  

 

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8 hours ago, Chaemono said:

Pictures from each camera can be made to look indistinguishable by moving LR tones, contrast, and Calibration sliders.

That is true for most modern cameras, so what is your point?

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why not try the same M lens on 2 different kinds of film on an m3 or m4...instead of 2 digital sensors...after all you're interested in "lens" characteristics, not how the sensor captures & interprets the data 😋

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1 hour ago, otto.f said:

It would still be more interesting to see a converted RAW without postprocessing from the same raw-converter, preferably not LR

By SooC that is what I meant and what the first set shows.   Raw files loaded via import and then exported to a JPG with 0 manipulation, under LR as thats what I have available. 

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4 minutes ago, Tailwagger said:

By SooC that is what I meant and what the first set shows.   Raw files loaded via import and then exported to a JPG with 0 manipulation, under LR as thats what I have available. 

Thanks, I thought you meant jpeg’s out of camera. But in LR it is quite possible that it has other camera profiles for SL2 and M10, I mean inconsistent. I like the SL2 colors above much better than the M10’s though

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2 hours ago, Chaemono said:

I was responding to the thread.  What’s your point?

Well you quoted me so it seemed to be a direct response to my post and I didn't understand it unless the whole point of the response was to be condescending 

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Just now, otto.f said:

Thanks, I thought you meant jpeg’s out of camera. But in LR it is quite possible that it has other camera profiles for SL and M10, I mean inconsistent, where they have basically the same sensors. 

Ah... I see, sorry for the confusion. I shoot raw only, never jpg. I'm no test wonk... was just curious myself... so I constructed a very simple indoor test. Beyond being a miserably gray day yesterday, I'm not wild about trying to perform something outdoors as a part of my regular shooting, given all the lens and mount juggling necessary.

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OK, It's a pretty grey dull day here as well, so I'll see what I can contribute.  Here's the 50 part

SL2:

U1000671 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr  SL APO 50 SC@f/4.0

U1000674 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr SL with M APO 50 SC @ f/4.0 (EXIF is incorrect)

and M10

L1002591 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr  M10-D with M APO 50 SC @ f/4.0

One of the subjects was claimed between camera setups.  The bad EXIF on the SL shot with the M 50 was because I changed lenses with power on.  Apparently lens recognition occurs during power-on.  In this case, it didn't happen so the M lens used previously appears.

The reds seem identical, and the green in the M10 shot is a bit weaker than with either lens on the SL2, but that may be a side effect of slightly greater exposure.  All shots taken with -2/3 exposure compensation, rendered in C1 , v20.

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Relevant, but not a complete answer, here are two 35 mm shots of the same setup, both taken with the SL2:

with the SL APO 35 SC@f/4.0

U1000670 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr

and with the M 35 Summilux Asph FLE

U1000679 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr

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