loving this new camera

[jdavidallen]

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All, hello, my name is Jeremy. I am a brand new Leica owner and am thoroughly pleased. I am also brand new to the forums. I have owned my D-Lux 4 for a week now, and carry it with me everywhere. It is so much more convenient than my Canon 1D Mk II. I shoot from my car a lot as I am on the road to and from work. I also shoot a lot when at lunch. I'll post a few recent images here as part of my introduction. Enjoy, and nice meeting all of you.

 

 

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[stuny]

Jeremy -

 

Welcome to the Forum. You have an excellent eye and I look forward to seeing many more of your photos. In number one, which is excellent for moment, composition, detail and deoph, I think it would benefit from brightening the shadow details a bit.

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[jdavidallen]

Thanks for the tip Stuart. I'll process a version from the RAW file to get some detail back. The shot you see is the jpg made by the camera in dynamic b&w mode, so I am certain there are some details in the RAW I can bring out.

 

I look forward to learning from all here.

[andrewlockie]

Great shots - 1 and 2 are my favourites. No 1 is absolutely superb. I am a D-Lux 4 owner myself, and it is the best compact I have ever owned.

[audidudi]

Very nice! I like No. 1 best and agree with Stuart that pulling some additional detail from the shadows would strengthen the image.

[vdb]

Welcome aboard. The DL4 is a fine camera, my favorite compact. Enjoy.

[jdavidallen]

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Thanks all for the kind words. I processed the RAW file for image number one above and was able to recover detail in the blacks. Here is the new version:

 

 

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What do you think? I can recover a bit more if needed.