M11 rumors : Leica in bed with Sony ?

[jaapv]

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On 12/30/2021 at 4:23 AM, Stevejack said:

For those worried about camera shake, here is a very quick and dirty example to show how easy it is to clean up even very blurry images. This is a panning shot taken at 1/30 second, with the rider going extremely fast. If I was ever going to use this image, I would spend some time actually finessing the result but what you see here is a one-click process.

The image on the left is straight out of camera, the image on the right has been run through Topaz sharpen on the motion blur setting. The forum will compress the hell out of the image but hopefully you can make out the difference. This is about as extreme as it will ever get for most people so any minor camera shake, if you do experience it, is truly a non-issue.

The key here is having enough pixels in your image for the sharpening software to work with. This file is from a 50mp camera, heavily cropped to show just the rider's head.

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What compression? You are allowed 2480 pixels wide….

[scott kirkpatrick]

While we are on the subject of camera motion artifacts in large MPx cameras (M10-R and GFX, for example), has anyone noticed that this year's Christmas lights are dominated by LEDs.  In outdoor displays these are usually powered by mains current, which gives them a flicker signal at 50-60 (or perhaps twice, 100-120) Hz.  I found this easily while walking around our Cambridge neighborhood after dark recently, shooting without great care at 1/8 sec. 

So how does Topaz handle this?  If it was really smart it would re-superimpose just the four or five images where the lights were brightest, ignoring the contributions from the positions in between.

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[hdmesa]

21 hours ago, jaapv said:

What compression? You are allowed 2480 pixels wide….

The inline previews here are poor quality, although clicking on them shows the correct 2480 file as-uploaded. Not sure why the forum software has to be configured this way since it just adds an extra step for the user to have to click on every_single_photo to see them as intended.

[jdlaing]

The extra click is not going to rob you of your valuable time.

[SrMi]

24 minutes ago, jdlaing said:

The extra click is not going to rob you of your valuable time.

Not everyone is aware that you need to click on an image to get the best image quality.

[jdlaing]

2 hours ago, SrMi said:

Not everyone is aware that you need to click on an image to get the best image quality.

You must endeavor to teach them.

[jdlaing]

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2 hours ago, SrMi said:

Not everyone is aware that you need to click on an image to get the best image quality.

And…..

In every section in the photos area there is a post called “How to post and view images” where it is explained.

[SrMi]

4 minutes ago, jdlaing said:

You must endeavor to teach them.

Jaap is tirelessly doing that.

[hdmesa]

34 minutes ago, jdlaing said:

And…..

In every section in the photos area there is a post called “How to post and view images” where it is explained.

3 hours ago, jdlaing said:

The extra click is not going to rob you of your valuable time.

LOL.

This is done on how many forums? And for what reason? Modern forums don't serve up lower-res compressed inline photos. Clicking on a photo should only be done if one wants to view it larger. 

Edited January 2, 2022 by hdmesa

[Alberti]

On 12/27/2021 at 5:49 AM, rramesh said:

Well if Nikon and Sigma contemplate using it, why not Leica? After all, isn't it the micro lens, the cover glass design and software needed for Leica lenses that differentiates.

Why, down the road, Sony might just offer an A7M version body for M-mount lenses.

First time I hear micro-prism in combination with M11.

Are there micro-prisms now we have the tecnical details and the phase of speculation is over?