The G10 samples above are all at ISO 80, but they look good to me for ISO80. Once the G10 starts to ship, we will get more of an idea of what it can do. I hope there is a little improvement in ISO 400 and dynamic range.
My LX3 arrived. It has better color, lower noise and better dynamic range than the G9. I like the size, build, interface and handling. The f/2 lens opens up a whole new world because it is sharp at f/2. f/2 is just enough of an improvement to really change your shooting indoors. But, after only a few hours of testing/use I have hit an issue. I am processing my G9 RAW files in ACR and my LX3 RAW files in Silkypics. ACR produces very highly detailed images with the G9 (for a P&S). Silkypics seems to not be doing anywhere near as good a job with the LX3 images and therefore the G9 is noticably out resolving the LX3. Since there is no ACR support for the LX3 yet, I need to stop my testing for a second and try to understand what I can do to resolve this issue. This is a common problem with RAW converters and one reason that I use ACR/LR. The stats I posted to start this thread indicate that resolution differences should be small or negligable. I think that the LX3 camera is producing files that contain better data than I am getting out of Silkypics (even the jpg\'s from the camera are better).
One other plus for the LX3 is that the wider lens allows you to shoot closer and since these smaller flashes have a limited range this turns out to be a big plus. That with the f/2 gives you the ability to better balance room lighting and flash.
The G10 samples above are all at ISO 80, but they look good to me for ISO80. Once the G10 starts to ship, we will get more of an idea of what it can do. I hope there is a little improvement in ISO 400 and dynamic range.
My LX3 arrived. It has better color, lower noise and better dynamic range than the G9. I like the size, build, interface and handling. The f/2 lens opens up a whole new world because it is sharp at f/2. f/2 is just enough of an improvement to really change your shooting indoors. But, after only a few hours of testing/use I have hit an issue. I am processing my G9 RAW files in ACR and my LX3 RAW files in Silkypics. ACR produces very highly detailed images with the G9 (for a P&S). Silkypics seems to not be doing anywhere near as good a job with the LX3 images and therefore the G9 is noticably out resolving the LX3. Since there is no ACR support for the LX3 yet, I need to stop my testing for a second and try to understand what I can do to resolve this issue. This is a common problem with RAW converters and one reason that I use ACR/LR. The stats I posted to start this thread indicate that resolution differences should be small or negligable. I think that the camera is producing files that contain better data than I am getting out of Silkypics.
One other plus for the LX3 is that the wider lens allows you to shoot closer and since these smaller flashes have a limited range this turns out to be a big plus. That with the f/2 gives you the ability to better balance room lighting and flash.
The samples are all at ISO 80, but they look good to me for ISO80. Once the G10 starts to ship, we will get more of an idea of what it can do. I hope there is a little improvement in ISO 400 and dynamic range.
My LX3 arrived. It has better color, lower noise and better dynamic range than the G9. I like the size, build, interface and handling. The f/2 lens opens up a whole new world because it is sharp at f/2. f/2 is just enough of an improvement to really change your shooting indoors. But, after only a few hours of testing/use I have hit an issue. I am processing my G9 RAW files in ACR and my LX3 RAW files in Silkypics. ACR produces very highly detailed images with the G9 (for a P&S). Silkypics seems to not be doing anywhere near as good a job with the LX3 images and therefore the G9 is noticably out resolving the LX3. Since there is no ACR support for the LX3 yet, I need to stop my testing for a second and try to understand what I can do to resolve this issue. This is a common problem with RAW converters and one reason that I use ACR/LR. The stats I posted to start this thread indicate that resolution differences should be small or negligable. I think that the camera is producing files that contain better data than I am getting out of Silkypics.
One other plus for the LX3 is that the wider lens allows you to shoot closer and since these smaller flashes have a limited range this turns out to be a big plus. That with the f/2 gives you the ability to better balance room lighting and flash.
The samples are all at ISO 80, but they look good to me for ISO80. Once the G10 starts to ship, we will get more of an idea of what it can do. I hope there is a little improvement in ISO 400 and dynamic range.
My LX3 arrived. It has better color, lower noise and better dynamic range than the G9. I like the size, build, interface and handling. The f/2 lens opens up a whole new world because it is sharp at f/2. f/2 is just enough of an improvement to really change your shooting indoors. But, after only a few hours of testing/use I have hit an issue. I am processing my G9 RAW files in ACR and my LX3 RAW files in Silkypics. ACR produces very highly detailed images with the G9 (for a P&S). Silkypics seems to not be doing anywhere near as good a job with the LX3 images and therefore the G9 is noticably out resolving the LX3. Since there is no ACR support for the LX3 yet, I need to stop my testing for a second and try to understand what I can do to resolve this issue. This is a common problem with RAW converters and one reason that I use ACR/LR. The stats I posted to start this thread indicate that resolution differences should be small or negligable.
One other plus for the LX3 is that the wider lens allows you to shoot closer and since these smaller flashes have a limited range this turns out to be a big plus. That with the f/2 gives you the ability to better balance room lighting and flash.
Sep 20, 2008 at 01:18 PM
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