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tashley

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First at ISO160 then 640, 1250 2500

 

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Pretty amazed at the 1250. That should clean up very well. Even the 2500 will be pretty usable, IMHO. The Digital Photography Review claims a full-stop improvement; it feels like it might be a bit more than that.

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noooooooisy!!

i wont' buy this one either for the same high noise problem the m8 had...........what a pity!!

 

??? no it's not.

 

I have a D3. It has noise too in the shadows at ISO 2500. But the results are a lot blurrier... it has neither the resolution nor the DR that these are showing at higher ISOs (that's in part how Nikon achieves such clean files. It's a matter of tradeoffs... blurrier files that you need to sharpen or noisier files you need to manage.

 

A full stop or more improvement in noise here--while not giving up resolution--is a real achievement.

 

If you think ISO 2500 is too noisy, then just buy a NR program. I think you'll find for printing purposes these 18mb files have the detail you need.

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??? no it's not.

 

I have a D3. It has noise too in the shadows at ISO 2500. But the results are a lot blurrier... it has neither the resolution nor the DR that these are showing at higher ISOs (that's in part how Nikon achieves such clean files. It's a matter of tradeoffs... blurrier files that you need to sharpen or noisier files you need to manage.

 

A full stop or more improvement in noise here--while not giving up resolution--is a real achievement.

 

If you think ISO 2500 is too noisy, then just buy a NR program. I think you'll find for printing purposes these 18mb files have the detail you need.

 

 

 

c'mon! at 1250 looks like a cell phone!!

at the price of two 5dmk2

 

i was really thinking to buy it... if they really changed something... looking at the DMG's nothing has changed to me...

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Guys, I rushed those because on my way to a party so didn't do all the intermediates. But will take loads tonight under tungsten and report back!

 

There is already a new firmware on the Leica Site. Perhaps you download it after you took some high ISO pictures under critical conditions, so you can compare if it makes any difference.

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Hi Tashley,

 

Slightly off topic, but how easy is it to change the ISO? What steps are required?

 

I'm presuming you just press the ISO button, and the screen turns on, then turn the main dial. Take the finger of the ISO button, and the screen goes out?

 

Thanks

 

John.

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