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Re: [OM] OT: OM-D EM-5 high ISO shots

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: OM-D EM-5 high ISO shots
From: Martin Walters <mwalters@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:02:26 -0500
Yes and no. I don't remember it being quite that dark when I took the 
photo. Otherwise, yes, I was quite happy with the metering.

Martin


On 28/11/2012 4:54 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Metering the sunset seemed to work just fine.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 11/27/2012 9:07 PM, Martin Walters wrote:
>> This afternoon, I went to one of our local reserves with the OM-D, the
>> 12-50 and the OM 100/2 with the MF-2 adapter. I've added 12 photos -
>> JPGs straight out of the camera. Some of them could use some adjustment.
>> EXIF data have been added. Metering is centre-weighted and IS was on for
>> both lenses.
>>
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/14675507@N08/sets/72157632098488268/
>>
>> I found I could focus the 100 in good light, without magnifying,
>> provided there was sufficient contrast. Other times I used the magnify
>> function at 5X. The 100 is about the same size as the 12-50 but quite a
>> bit heavier. I think the grip would help a bit.
>>
>> I don't have a shade for the 12-50 yet, but still didn't see any obvious
>> flare, which is good.
>>
>> Looking a the bright setting sun  through trees caused the EVF to
>> degrade somewhat (blooming?). Still worked, but didn't look too good.
>>
>> There are a couple more taken inside in low light.
>>
>> Martin
>>
>>
>> On 25/11/2012 4:21 PM, Peter Klein wrote:
>>> If anyone is interested in the OM-D's low-light performance, here are
>>> some high-ISO shots. These are all RAW, developed in Capture One v.
>>> 6.4.3, except for one out-of-camera JPG of each scene for comparison.
>>> Shot with the Panny 20/1.7.
>>>
>>> Here's an ISO 3200 shot: my living room bookcases under tungsten light.
>>> The whole frame, reduced, so you have the general scene.  1/60, f/1.7
>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/OM-Dtest/PB180022+2-Scene.jpg.html>
>>>
>>> For the next three images, what displays initially  looks a lot like
>>> what an 8x10 print might look like. Click on the double rectangle above
>>> the image to see it at 100% pixels.
>>>
>>> Here is a long skinny center crop with some shadowed areas. Developed in
>>> Capture One 6.4 with no sharpening.  The color NR at the default, and
>>> all other NR at zero (no luminance NR at all).
>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/OM-Dtest/PB180022+3-OnlyColorNR.jpg.html>
>>>
>>> The same crop with the default Capture One noise reduction set.
>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/OM-Dtest/PB180022+4-C1-DefaultNR.jpg.html>
>>>
>>> And here is approximately the same crop from the out-of-camera JPG with
>>> the Noise Reduction at "Low."  "Standard" NR is too much.  Even "Low"
>>> makes things a little more plastic/waxy looking than the Capture One
>>> defaults.
>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/OM-Dtest/PB180022-OOC-NRLow.JPG.html>
>>>
>>> Now here's a real torture test: the digital piano in my den, lit with
>>> only one 60 watt bulb and some blue glow from my computer screen. The
>>> scene looks brighter in the pictures than it does in real life. There
>>> are some shadows of varying darkness.  The black plastic of the piano
>>> case in deep shadow is about pixel level 3 on the 0-255 scale.
>>>
>>> The general scene:
>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/OM-Dtest/PB180025scene.jpg.html>
>>> ISO 800 crop with Capture One default noise reduction.
>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/OM-Dtest/PB180025-iso800.jpg.html>
>>> ISO 1600 crop with Capture One default noise reduction. (sorry about the
>>> motion blur, even Oly IS isn't perfect).
>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/OM-Dtest/PB180026-iso1600.jpg.html>
>>>
>>> ISO 3200 crop with Capture One default noise reduction.
>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/OM-Dtest/PB180027-iso3200.jpg.html>
>>> ISO 3200 crop with all Capture One noise reduction parameters reduced by
>>> about one-half, (Color NR stays at the default).
>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/OM-Dtest/PB180027iso3200-halfNR.jpg.html>
>>> ISO 3200 crop with all Capture One noise reduction parameters set to
>>> zero (Color NR stays at the default).
>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/OM-Dtest/PB180027iso3200-onlyColorNR.jpg.html>
>>> ISO 3200, Out of Camera JPG with Low NR.
>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/OM-Dtest/PB180027iso3200-OOC-LowNR.JPG.html>
>>>
>>> Hope this is useful.
>>>
>>> --Peter
>>>
>>

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