brainiac wrote: robsteve wrote:
...but I still don\'t expect stellar high ISO as Leica seems to favour CCD over CMOS sensors and less in camera magic to reduce noise.
You have got to be kidding. Leica has publicly admitted that in-camera noise reduction is applied to M8 files, with no way to switch this feature off. When you look at M8 files you can see where detail has been wiped. Here\'s an example, M8, then 5D:
See how the brolly spokes have been mysteriously disappeared. That is Fourier transform noise reduction if ever I saw it, and that kind of NR is not taking place in Canon\'s bodies unless you switch it on. This crop also illustrates how problematic the lack of AA filter is: look at the false colour moire around the black text.
Was that the raw or the jpeg? Which Leica lens. Remeber my argument is about Leica lenses.
brainiac wrote: robsteve wrote:
...but I still don\'t expect stellar high ISO as Leica seems to favour CCD over CMOS sensors and less in camera magic to reduce noise.
You have got to be kidding. Leica has publicly admitted that in-camera noise reduction is applied to M8 files, with no way to switch this feature off. When you look at M8 files you can see where detail has been wiped. Here\'s an example, M8, then 5D:
See how the brolly spokes have been mysteriously disappeared. That is Fourier transform noise reduction if ever I saw it, and that kind of NR is not taking place in Canon\'s bodies unless you switch it on. This crop also illustrates how problematic the lack of AA filter is: look at the false colour moire around the black text.
Was that the raw or the jpeg?
Robert
Jan 13, 2009 at 01:14 PM
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