Maggie_O Posted November 2, 2007 Share #41  Posted November 2, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hello proud to have my new D-lux 3. Took some test pictures a little disappointed about the noise. Can anyone recommend some settings on the camera? Picasa-webalbums - Rein - leica_rein  FWIW, I've found ISO 200 to be the second-worst setting on the camera, after ISO 1600.  Turn OIS to setting two and in-camera NR to low and stick to ISOs 100, 400 and 800. Program mode is fine, but the AutoISO little camera setting is awful and should be avoided at all costs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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psund Posted November 2, 2007 Author Share #42  Posted November 2, 2007 Apologies for bolding this.....but, Somewhere I read the original poster mentioned at zooms over 100% Possibly he is in the realm of digital zoom... I shouldnt laugh but maybe he is using...in which case...  Anyway....no one else has mentioned I dont think. It would be a chuckle.  The original poster (me) do not use the digital zoom. What i ment was that if you enlarge a picture over 100% the noise is very bad and ugly. Specialy in the darker areas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie_O Posted November 2, 2007 Share #43 Â Posted November 2, 2007 OK, I'm being 100% serious here. Â Give Noise Ninja a try. It works great. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_x2004 Posted November 3, 2007 Share #44 Â Posted November 3, 2007 What i ment was that if you enlarge a picture over 100% the noise is very bad and ugly. Specialy in the darker areas. Â Yep no problem. Can you post some examples and exposure details? Get a lot of people making criticisms of cameras and it is a bit hard to comment constructively without actually seeing what you are on about. Often people post the images and dont provide details so it is only half the story and a bit hard to work out if there is something that can be tweaked to help. Â I figure maggie probably has things worked out. For me, with the older version admittedly, I rarely leave 80iso, in is2. Regardless of night or day, I only adjust iso if I need the shutter speed for the subject. If I can work around it, I wont leave 80. Guess it just depends what you want to achieve, and the sorts of shots you are after. Â Generally you will find people willing to help in here, sometimes there are threads in parallel and the baggage follows:p but mainly its pretty cool. I heard tummydoc was out buying Rod Stewart tapes but that is just an ugly rumour. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
psund Posted November 3, 2007 Author Share #45  Posted November 3, 2007 I will attempt to upload an photo of what i mean by my quality problems. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/36670-d-lux-3/?do=findComment&comment=392562'>More sharing options...
psund Posted November 3, 2007 Author Share #46  Posted November 3, 2007 And this is the what the photo looks like. The photo is taken with 100 iso. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/36670-d-lux-3/?do=findComment&comment=392569'>More sharing options...
psund Posted November 3, 2007 Author Share #47  Posted November 3, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) I really like the the way it messures light. An example of this comes here. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/36670-d-lux-3/?do=findComment&comment=392740'>More sharing options...
intex Posted November 4, 2007 Share #48 Â Posted November 4, 2007 Would you please let me know what program you use (ie: P, A, S...), and what settings you use on the camera? I am not obtaining results anything like yours! Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie_O Posted November 4, 2007 Share #49 Â Posted November 4, 2007 I've posted mine here in the thread, give them a shot. Executive sumary: Â ISO @ 100, 400 or 800. Noise Reduction at "low" and the camera set on "P" "A" or "S." Â RAW is ideal, if you have Adobe Camera Raw or Capture One. Not so much with iPhoto, Apeture or Lightroom, though some folks do well with Lightroom. Pay more attention to color NR than luminence in ACR. Use Noise Ninja and ask Dr. Patel for some settings. Â Or, learn to live with some noise and make it work for you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
psund Posted November 4, 2007 Author Share #50  Posted November 4, 2007 I´m using Aperture and Photoshop Cs3. I attached a screen of meta data and a text file. When i stopped using the anti shake on camera the photos become much better. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! L1020714xmp.txt Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! L1020714xmp.txt ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/36670-d-lux-3/?do=findComment&comment=393067'>More sharing options...
rob_x2004 Posted November 4, 2007 Share #51 Â Posted November 4, 2007 Yep yep...can see that in the exif files of both images. Looking at the cross on the top of the spire I see a lot of artifacts. I am wondering what you have the in camera sharpening set to and what file type you are shoootoing? Like maggie said, raw is a good way to go for single shots if you have the time for processing. In the second shot I am tipping that if you blew up the underside of the leaves, you would be a bit unhappy with what you have, and maybe you are getting distraced with the blue sky. Back to the first shot, what is it precisely you are unhappy with? Have another look at the cross, that is also happening (kind of) in the remainder of the file but doesnt manifest as badly. Your camera is also trying to manage huge brightness difference from the sky to building. Its pretty wild. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted November 4, 2007 Share #52 Â Posted November 4, 2007 What i ment was that if you enlarge a picture over 100% the noise is very bad and ugly. Specialy in the darker areas. Â What do the prints look like? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
psund Posted November 4, 2007 Author Share #53  Posted November 4, 2007 thank you for all your input.  I´m always shooting in raw format and iso 100. The contrast beetwen light and dark i get can be a problem and that does not bather me. All cameras has that more or less. The second image of the sky and trees i´m happy with, just wanted to show that i think the camera exposes well.  The original photo and what i think is a problem is when you look close at it feels like you have a ripplede glass effect in the photo i prefer it was grian like old film cameras. I also noticed that this effect gets smaller when i dont use the anti shake.  I havent tried to print any photo yet, but i dont think it shows in a printed photo. It dont shows on the screen either when you dont enlarge it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_x2004 Posted November 4, 2007 Share #54 Â Posted November 4, 2007 Shooting 100raw then thats great. Might be worth setting your in camera contrast sharpness saturation and noise reduction one at a time to highest so that the jpg file recorded with the raw file is adjusted, and you get a feel for the effect. Your raw file wont be effected by this. You never know, conditions where you are might suit other than low setting. Â For what it is worth I still think your image stabilization shoud be set to two. Maybe if you use a tripod you can turn it off. Again its a case of using the camera for a while and seeing what works in practice not theory. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
intex Posted November 4, 2007 Share #55 Â Posted November 4, 2007 Please let me know where the in-ccamera "Sharpness" controol is, and also where you set noise reduction to "LOW" ? Â I can not seem to locate these in the menu. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_x2004 Posted November 4, 2007 Share #56 Â Posted November 4, 2007 In any program mode, not Auto Mode then, Menu/Pict Adjust> and there they all are. p.s. Dont assume low will give you the best results for your file format v shooting conditions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie_O Posted November 5, 2007 Share #57 Â Posted November 5, 2007 IMO, Apeture and iPhoto don't handle RAW files well at all. Open the original RAW file in ACR and see if that doesn't work better for you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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