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Re: [OM] E-M5 in Venice

Subject: Re: [OM] E-M5 in Venice
From: Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 12:09:35 +0200
Don't know if you have a previous LR license but the LR4 upgrade is
only a few € more than the student price (which is for the full
version, less discount).
Cheers
Jez

On 21/08/2012, Frank Wijsmuller <wijsmuller@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Philippe, thanks for your reply.
>
> I guess you mean this link instead? <
> http://wijsmuller.eu/picture.php?/387/category/22>
>
> As for more light, your choice is quite much light, in my opinion. I find
> the use of the 'black' slider in LR leading to unrealistic images quite
> fast. This shot is better, but the Burano picture looks artificial to me,
> as the black is almost completely gone (on my laptop screen that is). Is
> that your intention?
>
> As soon as I get my LR back (my dear son failed to qualify for a student
> licence in July, so I'm waiting until he can get his admission confirmed in
> this new schoolyear ;-( ), I'll look for the room to lighten the shot. But
> the E-M5 is definitely more capable then these shots show, the increased DR
> is one of the major differences between this new sensor and the older E620/
> E30/ EP(L/M)1/2/3 etc sensor.
>
> Best, Frank.
>
>
> 2012/8/20 philippe.amard <philippe.amard@xxxxxx>
>
>> Also in your 20120716-P7161703-EM5
>> HTTP://WIJSMULLER.EU/INDEX.PHP?/CATEGORY/22
>>
>> and my
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/322373-2/PPL-Venice-9698.jpg
>>
>> I like your composition better BTW
>>
>> Philippe
>>
>>
>>
>> Le 20 août 12 à 22:32, philippe.amard a écrit :
>>
>> > Hi Frank, I like what you are showing us a lot, I'm wondering why :-)
>> >
>> > I think the light is not steady at all - when comparing to other
>> > places we see photos of I mean - and the colours are "affected" by
>> > this.
>> > Alice had her E620 with her, and sometimes shot the exact same photo
>> > as I, side by side - neither of us knew what the other was framing nor
>> > the FL the other used, too busy shooting.
>> > We both shot RAW - a pain now that I also have to edit HERS !!! :-)
>> > Even in ORF/NEF the main difference is the WB
>> > Once the WB of the two cameras are reconciled, the two bodies are not
>> > that fat from each other, good on Oly :-)
>> > I was even surprised to see that the Oly metering system kept the shot
>> > within acceptable limits - my Pana L1 didn't - regarding the
>> > highlights - when the nikon sometimes went astray even though I had
>> > set the "super specific nikon developed setting" to preserve shots
>> > when the light differences exceed the sensor's tolerance ... Go
>> > figure ...
>> > Yet, as in your photos, the blacks seem slightly blocked on her E620
>> > and hard to lighten up - a good comparison can be made on the water of
>> > the canals, and the hulls I think. cf  Your Burano 15, and my
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/322950-1/Burano+Colours-0063.jpg
>> >  - Ok I was standing on the other bridge, on another day, using
>> > another focal lens :-)
>> >
>> > I will try to send you the promised file as soon as I can
>> >
>> > Bien cordialement
>> > Philippe
>> >
>> > Le 20 août 12 à 11:39, Frank Wijsmuller a écrit :
>> >
>> >> I switched to new software to maintain my photo gallery, piwigo
>> >> (.org). It
>> >> is similar to Zenphoto, but seems to have a more active user base.
>> >> Installation was fast and simpel, and it was easy to customize a bit
>> >> (but I
>> >> still have some wishes).
>> >>
>> >> Anyway, I visited Venice a couple of days before Philippe, and it
>> >> might be
>> >> interesting to look at how the E-M5 captured it (processed with LR4).
>> >>
>> >> Burano was the highlight of our visit, very nice colors and
>> >> relatively
>> >> quiet. A relaxed place, and the ice creams were bigger as well ;-)
>> >>
>> >> Pictures at <http://wijsmuller.eu/index.php?/category/13>. You can
>> >> click
>> >> top right for slide show. Click bottom left for shooting information.
>> >>
>> >> There are (too) many pictures out there, but I'll select the
>> >> highlights and
>> >> add them in one gallery that I will post later. I'll add a gallery
>> >> with
>> >> 100% crops for those of you who want to pixel peep the E-M5/ 12-50mm
>> >> performance.
>> >>
>> >> C&C welcome.
>> >>
>> >> Enjoy, Frank.
>> >>
>> >> PS  Compared to Philippe's pictures the colors might seem over-
>> >> saturated,
>> >> but they are not very different from the out of the camera jpegs. The
>> >> camera is in neutral/natural settings, so for now I'll attribute it
>> >> to
>> >> Olympus' jpeg engine. And since I like punchy colors, no problems
>> >> here ;-)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> 2012/8/19 philippe.amard <philippe.amard@xxxxxx>
>> >>
>> >>> Burano is a set of small islands off the main Venice archipelago and
>> >>> is famous for its lace, and for the colours of its houses.
>> >>>
>> >>> We were lucky getting there early, at least before the flow of other
>> >>> tourists was poured into the streets by the vaporettos and tour
>> >>> operators, and the locals were not hiding yet. More on Burano at
>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burano
>> >>>
>> >>> The series starts here, and proceeds to the right
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Italie+2012/Burano+Colours-0033.jpg.html
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> A technical remark: my lenses distort, this I know, but can't be
>> >>> blamed for the tilt of the spire ...
>> >>> also I've tried to keep the colours as accurate as I could from
>> >>> memory; the "velvia" look is the town officials' responsibility.
>> >>>
>> >>> Bien cordialement de Mutz
>> >>> Philippe
>> >>>
>> >>>
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