Ryan... Thank You! Some interesting reading in GetDPI forums for pro work, that the 35 Lux and 75 Cron are very good for producing a similar and consistent look for their clients.
Ron, yes that is the link! This is an excellent thread. I have tried similar method with C1 Pro, but it does not work the same, as the ACR RAW conversion.
Anyone tried using a canon flash on Leica. I read, I think on RFF, people have used canon 420-580ex on canon. I tried my 580EXII on M8u but it simply did not fire. I was wondering if anyone on this forum has every tried it?
I have been using my Nikon flashes quite happily of late. I think it works with Canon flashes as well - just need to make sure the flash is on full manual mode.
jfreak wrote:
Anyone tried using a canon flash on Leica. I read, I think on RFF, people have used canon 420-580ex on canon. I tried my 580EXII on M8u but it simply did not fire. I was wondering if anyone on this forum has every tried it?
Hi,
The 580exII works on the M9.
Just put it in manual mode and dial in how much flash you need.
Only issue for me is that the flash is bigger than the camera, but it can light up the room if needed.
Referring to the previous discussion about noise at high ISO's, I have included a quick test at 2500 ISO in very low light 35 Lux II with the M9 at 100% crops. The first shot is with no adjustment in ACR, and the second shot is with adjustments suggested by Jaapv for noise reduction at high ISO's. There is a lot of latitude for adjustment in ACR RAW. I know the detail could be improved on the last image, but I am still learning.
Referring to the previous discussion about noise at high ISO's, I have included a quick test at 2500 ISO in very low light 35 Lux II with the M9 at 100% crops. The first shot is with no adjustment in ACR, and the second shot is with adjustments suggested by Jaapv for noise reduction at high ISO's. There is a lot of latitude for adjustment in ACR RAW. I know the detail could be improved on the last image, but I am still learning.
It would be interesting if you could also try a noise reduction software like Dfine, DeNoise,NoieNinja on the same picture and see if this works better than these softwares.
Ryan, I am really enjoying this PP for high ISO's. A lot to learn
jfreak, I have not included the Noise Ninja Pro, Noiseware Professional or Topaz Denoise, as the results are very different in the respect their is still a lot of noise in the background and the detail seems to be reduced. I have also tried the noise reduction module in C1 Pro 6, and that does not work either.
I have included few sample shots from my recent trip to Thailand, shots taken at night high ISO's, typically 1250 to 1600 and underexposed by about 1 to 2 stops, using this technique. All shots taken with the 50 Lux.
The real beauty about this technique, is that some low light shots that I thought could not be obtained before are now possible.
I should have known that you would have tried these off the shelf options already. This above set is definitely very impressive. I know the technique by Jaapv is well described but I had difficulty understanding it. I tried it but did not se significant results, so obviously did not follow it completely. May be someone here could rewrite that in their words.
charles.K wrote:
jfreak, I have not included the Noise Ninja Pro, Noiseware Professional or Topaz Denoise, as the results are very different in the respect their is still a lot of noise in the background and the detail seems to be reduced. I have also tried the noise reduction module in C1 Pro 6, and that does not work either.
Exactly, this process is saving a lot more detail than I have seen any of those other noise reduction processes do
Jfreak, thanks I will try to summarise the technique, when I fully appreciate the method myself. It is best just to immerse yourself in the ACR RAW module and play around with the detail tab, and try the suggested settings. What you will find the noise reduction section has an immense effect with the raw DNG image and it seems to work very differently compared to other noise reduction packages. My understanding is that the DNG files have very little pre processing, and the ACR noise reduction algorithm just works brilliantly! To be honest, I have not used the ACR noise reduction before, as I left it to the after market packages to work on the 16 bit TIFF files in CS5.
Keeping the shots flowing, some shots this afternoon with the 75 Lux at f/2.0 and 1.4 resp. These shots were sharpened in ACR detail section with the mask on
Some interesting reading in GetDPI forums for pro work, that the 35 Lux and 75 Cron are very good for producing a similar and consistent look for their clients. 
