lecter Posted August 8, 2007 Share #1 Posted August 8, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Picked one up two days ago. Still messing with it. Any hints from users to get the best sharp images out of it?? Rob Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rsmithor Posted August 8, 2007 Share #2 Posted August 8, 2007 Trust me you're no dummy... Do a search on D-Lux3 and sort through the many posts... very good info there... i"ve also had a great time with the d-lux in manual mode with joy stick in hand... (w/auto focus on... and off) the d-lux turns into a real camera minus the viewfinder... that really put the fun (ie: film) back into picture taking... hold the button down for pre-view and you see what your photo will look like... (not very film like... lol) this from a past thread: Here are the settings I use.. nothing special. ISO auto... 100 or 200 White Balance... auto Pict size.... 10m Qualtiy... always shoot at the highest Metering Mode.... center weighted Cont AF... ON AF assist... ON Digital Zoom... OFF.. never, ever use it! Col Effects... OFF Picture Adjustments: Contrast... High Sharpness... Low Saturation... Standard Noise Reduction... Low I never use in-camera Black & White... I may use it to view a shot to see how it looks in B&W but always shoot in color. Convert to B&W in Photoshop. RAW.. I have not experimented with it with the D-Lux 3. I do use it with my Canon gear a lot. May try it this week... but most of the times, JPGs are just fine for what I do with the camera. Chances are that if I feel the need to use RAW I will be using my 5D. Use the stupid wrist strap! The camera is so small it can easily slip from your hand.. it is easy to drop. If not for the wrist strap mine might have been damaged by now. Some of the scene modes are fun but I prefer to shoot without any modifications to the image... anything the camera can do internally I can do better in Photoshop. 99.9% of the time I shoot available light. I have never liked flash photography.. it kills the atmosphere. Available light rules. When light is low... I use a tripod or a monopod to steady the camera.. both of which I hate using but you really have no choice. The IS on the camera is pretty good but it will not handle all situations. Congrats on the camera. It is very capable. Use it, learn it and share. Hope this helps. -- Jim Radcliffe derek matthew wrote: > Jim, > > With these settings do you usually shoot in P mode or another mode? > What is your trusted AF MODE Setting? I usually shoot in P Mode with -.5 to -1 EV.. rather have to PP for highlights than lose them. AF Mode... hmmm... I just keep it set to AF and use Center Point. > > Having chosen to shoot strictly in RAW, I find it time consuming > and tedious. If I shoot in best-quality JPEG, what are the > limitations to this vs RAW? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have only used the D-Lux 3 in JPG mode. Have not played with RAW but a couple of times and the results were not all that great for me. The biggest issues with the D-Lux 3 is the over zealous noise reduction of the Venus engine.. it's way too strong and images tend to look "painterly".. detail lost, etc.. due to the NR. > > I think Jim has shown tremendous work and talent with his D-Lux 3. Well, thank you for those kind words. I've not been able to get out and shoot much lately but will try this weekend. Hope to have something to post soon. Jim Radcliffe I want to add that with Jim's settings suggestion I had amazing results on Sunday in JPEG. That said, I started comparing JPEG to RAW and worked with the settings in Lightroom to get back to the settings Jim has set for JPEG. It takes more time, but the results in RAW are far superiour to that of JPEG. A question. Yesterday I had a remarkable shot of architectural images (soon to post). Some of the images unfortunately got shot in macro mode at ISO 100. The result was excellent pictures, but there was more noise than expected. Would macro mode (taking distance photography result in noise)? I'm trying to figure out what happened. Also, I like ISO 200 and ISO 400 noise in certain light settings, when the light is too great the noise really is an issue with the D-Lux 3. It's challenging to find the correct light to get the correct grain. Derek Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie_O Posted August 8, 2007 Share #3 Posted August 8, 2007 A fun thing that I picked up here is to shoot in RAW but set the color effect to b&w- the RAW file will be in color, but the LCD will display in b&w and you get a b&w JPEG to boot. For quick, stealthy shooting in JPEG mode, turn off the shutter sound, select burst mode, select aperture priority (5.6 seems to be a sweet spot in daylight), set your manual focus to a hyperfocal distance (the DOF will show in the focus guide, so it's dead easy to find a focus that works for the situation) and fire away! The camera is practically silent and wicked fast. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanqhar Posted August 8, 2007 Share #4 Posted August 8, 2007 Also for stealthy shooting set the LCD to "High Angle" for holding above your head BUT.. hold the camera in your lap upside down. No one will notice. tom Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 10, 2007 Share #5 Posted August 10, 2007 Trust me you're no dummy... Qualtiy... always shoot at the highest Digital Zoom... OFF.. never, ever use it! It would be a great improvement if manufacturers would drop the Quality options and have just highest, anything less seems to be pointless - except of course for the people with Digital cameras who either do not have a computer or who hate to process on computer. If digital zoom is so useless, why do even the best makers Leica included bother with it any more? Personally I hate digital zoom and also video mode. I like the size and feel of the Digilux 1, the 2 also but the 3, with the huge lens, looks to me out of proportion. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 15, 2007 Share #6 Posted August 15, 2007 What do people think of this first image taken with my newly acquired Digilux 1? http://homepage.mac.com/stevenbutterworth/Sites/L1010009.jpg I shot this as a jpg and this link above shows a 98K 1024x991 cropped version. Virtually no changes made accept brightness, contrast minor adjustments and cropping. I intend to try shooting with TIFF next. I am well pleased to have found this camera second-hand. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dugby Posted August 15, 2007 Share #7 Posted August 15, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Rob....photo looks like Singapore.....? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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