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[rramesh]

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At some point in time the camera will witness a  'bright white light', and for any digital camera, it will be quite soon. 9, 10, 11, whatever.

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[W07tek]

On 8/26/2021 at 8:40 PM, lucy63 said:

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These are wonderful pictures. Can I ask how you process them? I have also downgraded from an m10 which I found oversaturated yellow tones. I’m getting used to the m9 but find I get a bit of magenta or something else that’s not quite right when importing files into Lightroom 5. I’ve bought capture one but to be honest not used it much yet.

 

any tips welcome - thanks!

[pedaes]

19 minutes ago, W07tek said:

downgraded

Welcome! As Ian has said - more a sidegrade!

Probably pays to use either latest version of LR (currently 10.4 ) or Capture One with the correct profiles. You can then have whatever colours you want - or black and white. Don't blame the camera if the post processing is not good. 

[jaapv]

Changing cameras won't help you, changing software won't help you (although LR5 is obsolete and not to be recommended). If you want to get colour to your taste from your camera, you change the  colour profile:

 

This works for both Adobe products and Capture One (and other editors too) Personally I prefer to calibrate my cameras with the xRite Colorchecker Passport. Make sure that you work on a calibrated monitor of good quality and designed for photo-editing (BenQ, NEC, Eizo, etc)

[jaapv]

BTW, if you are very critical for colour it pays to use the M9 with a IR-cut filter like B+W 486.

[ianman]

42 minutes ago, W07tek said:

I’m getting used to the m9 but find I get a bit of magenta or something else that’s not quite right when importing files into Lightroom 5.

White balance.

[jaapv]

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6 minutes ago, ianman said:

White balance.

And grey card.

[jaapv]

Maybe if you post some examples?

[lucy63]

52 minutes ago, W07tek said:

These are wonderful pictures. Can I ask how you process them? I have also downgraded from an m10 which I found oversaturated yellow tones. I’m getting used to the m9 but find I get a bit of magenta or something else that’s not quite right when importing files into Lightroom 5. I’ve bought capture one but to be honest not used it much yet.

 

any tips welcome - thanks!

TY!..I rarely use presets and mostly feel my way through editing each photo individually.. The fundamentals are the right moment in the right light of course..tweeking in LR is easy then. 

[W07tek]

Thanks for the replies - great to hear it’s just good technique Lucy, and thanks to the others for the advice - I forgot about the ircut filter, will try it. 

[setuporg]

I find it most interesting that folks will acquire numerous lenses exceeding $3K each, to differentiate their shots, but the modt radical way to do it is with a different sensor, which can also work across all those lenses.  I'm finding that the 0.95 Noctilux + M9 is a beautiful combo.  The 50 APO shines on it too, even though developed much later (the current M9 firmware recognizes it).

[Jeff S]

I find it more interesting that people spend many thousands on lenses and cameras primarily to achieve a certain ‘look’. I buy lenses primarily to distinguish focal lengths and apertures, with consideration toward size, ergonomics, build quality and yes to some degree any particular optical characteristics.  Likewise, my camera choices. especially in recent years when sensor/file quality is high across brands, depend significantly on ergonomics, handling, viewing and focusing systems, menus and controls, build quality and other special characteristics like weather sealing, etc.  Any ‘look’ I attain,  depends primarily on me and my workflow choices (including lighting conditions), and can vary greatly from picture to picture. 

Jeff

Edited September 8, 2021 by Jeff S

[Guest]

Why is this thread not moved to the M9 section? when other threads are moved? 

Is it a masonic lodge thing maybe? 

[hillavoider]

I miss my M9 dearly, but then I remember the processing time for each shot and the red light flashing for a very long time, that said I’d still prefer the M9 to the SL2 

Edited September 12, 2021 by hillavoider

[setuporg]

3 hours ago, hillavoider said:

I miss my M9 dearly, but then I remember the processing time for each shot and the red light flashing for a very long time, that said I’d still prefer the M9 to the SL2 

I found everything as fast as M10 until you fill the buffer, but that happens if you really flood it and then is buffered fairly quickly.  When using in my usual manner I almost never see any slowdown.

[Speeding]

4 hours ago, hillavoider said:

I miss my M9 dearly, but then I remember the processing time for each shot and the red light flashing for a very long time, that said I’d still prefer the M9 to the SL2 

Write time (flashing light) can seem slow but playback an image and zoom in to check focus happens rather quickly after a shot (or three).  I have never found that it affected my experience, but then I am not shooting 40 frame bursts with an M9 either. 

[Ray Vonn]

4 hours ago, setuporg said:

I found everything as fast as M10 until you fill the buffer, but that happens if you really flood it and then is buffered fairly quickly.  When using in my usual manner I almost never see any slowdown.

You seem to have done well with your SD card, I’m in the habit of getting slower ones which the camera seems to deal better with.

[setuporg]

5 minutes ago, Ray Vonn said:

You seem to have done well with your SD card, I’m in the habit of getting slower ones which the camera seems to deal better with.

I’ve just bought a few Class 10 ones — my usual PNY 16gb, and smaller ones for M9 file size —  new Transcend 8gb, Fujifilm 8gm, and “everything but Stromboli” 4gb, all did well!

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[Jeff S]

For the M9 Monochrom, I use SanDisk Ultra 16GB, Class 10, 80MB/s, 533x cards, which work well.  But not much use since adding the M10 Monochrom.

Jeff