This is a testchart profile, not one made by editing an existing one. Reds are off, but neutrals are neutral without being clamped.
I'll do something better (or edit the profile properly) when I figure it out completely. At the moment I don't know how to get rid of the color balancing in C1 - it seems to always need to be set to something, and I don't know what to use as a profiling default.
one more. Somehow, the M lends itself to taking casual, but hopefully thoughtful shots. Per Sean Reid - there is something about seeing through the viewfinder that is quite different than the SLR experience.
geoffreyg wrote:
Chicago winter, 28 Elmarit. This is the in-camera BW JPG.
Edited by geoffreyg on Jan 23, 2007 at 03:04 AM GMT
Edited by geoffreyg on Jan 23, 2007 at 03:05 AM GMT
why on earth would you shoot in camera bw jpg... (nevermind the fact that youre shooting in jpg to start with...)
The shots were taken as the combination "RAW + JPG", set up for B/W. The M8 nicely gives you JPG B/W images (nice for fast work, small prints, web) and also a color RAW for you to work at your leisure. THe JPG's looked good enough for posting.
Dave, are you sure you didn't set it to DNG+JPG, choose B&W and then switch back to DNG-only? Under those circumstances I also see B&W for a few seconds, then colour. If I leave the JPG there, it stays in B&W for me.
Here is a not particularly great shot, which I nonetheless took to see what the M8 could do with such dramatic differences between almost head-on late-afternoon sunlight, and deep shadows off to the sides. I am amazed at what I see in dynamic range here, to be honest. Just a couple of clicks of Fill Light in Lighroom and I am seeing bark on the tree on the right, while retaining highlight detail in the snow on the ground almost everywhere. I haven't seen anything like this from any previous camera I have owned or tried. On my 5D, the sky would have been blown out, and I had to do nothing here to rescue it, it just came like that.
carstenw wrote:
Very nice shot, Dave. Where is that?
Thanks.... it's part of the city walls in York, England.
carstenw wrote:
Here is a not particularly great shot, which I nonetheless took to see what the M8 could do with such dramatic differences between almost head-on late-afternoon sunlight, and deep shadows off to the sides. I am amazed at what I see in dynamic range here, to be honest. Just a couple of clicks of Fill Light in Lighroom and I am seeing bark on the tree on the right, while retaining highlight detail in the snow on the ground almost everywhere. I haven't seen anything like this from any previous camera I have owned or tried. On my 5D, the sky would have been blown out, and I had to do nothing here to rescue it, it just came like that....Show more →
I agree with your general theory on this. I have been testing the DR myself, and like you, I have found that a couple of clicks of fill light (I am using CS3 Beta) works wonders if there are some areas that appear slighty under exposed. However, given that I have not been carrying my Canon gear with me at the same time (the M8 is just so liberating ) I can't say for sure how the results compare to Canon's.
I am having some teething troubles with metering, and would really like to find a hand held 'small' spot light meter to take with me. Any suggestions?
Here is another taken today.... M8 with 28/2.8 @ F8. This is a perfect example of the fill light helping the buildings in front.
) I can't say for sure how the results compare to Canon's.