M9 Alive and ....well- Post Your Pics Here!

Richard G said:
Sunny 16 manual exposure, zone focus from where I was having lunch. ZM 35 C Biogon. M9 JPEG, slight lifting of shadows in LR.
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Have you seen the preset system in Lightroom? It can be set to apply a certain preset such as BW or film look to any RAW files during import. The beauty of this is that you can recover more data and even from BW to colour if you change your mind later.

Makes sense if you were going to edit your photos anyway. I shoot RAW + basic jpg in black and white for this reason.
 
crispy12 said:
Have you seen the preset system in Lightroom? It can be set to apply a certain preset such as BW or film look to any RAW files during import. The beauty of this is that you can recover more data and even from BW to colour if you change your mind later.

Makes sense if you were going to edit your photos anyway. I shoot RAW + basic jpg in black and white for this reason.
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I only started shooting RAW with the M9 and it is amazing. My first surprise was that after importing there were all these beautiful pictures instead of the 1s and 0s for processing that I had been expecting. I went to a formal dinner where the lighting was either blue or red spotlights. This was terrible so I set up the camera for RAW plus JPEG fine Black and White and that was what the monitor displayed. Much more palatable. What I discovered later was that the M9 black and white jpegs are not only clever and often very good, but indeed they were so clever that I could not easily produce the same effect myself from the RAW file. This was particularly so for the grey hair of an older colleague, rendered beautifully in the JPEG. So I have fallen in love with the tonality and lovely blacks of the M9 JPEGs and have been using them quite a bit.
 
Some more from last weekend in NYC :
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Klaus I love how you explore the upper ISOs on the M9: it's inspired me to try more at 1250 and 1600. Love that first shot here, and the second one. And the third. What ISO?
 
Richard G said:
Klaus I love how you explore the upper ISOs on the M9: it's inspired me to try more at 1250 and 1600. Love that first shot here, and the second one. And the third. What ISO?
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Hi Richard,
the 2nd and 3rd shot are at ISO 1000, the 1st was at ISO 640. I posted these 3 also in my gallery with the data info. As long as you end up with a shot that is not blowing the highlights totally and you only have to readjust the exposure in post process a little (not more than 1 stop), then usually I am pretty happy with the results and I'm not a wizard in post processing, still in the learning curve in LR4 and I do not use any additional software to reduce grain and noise. Just not to overdo any recovery of shadows and blacks seems to work. Otherwise it looks artificial and is also not true what it looked like "live".
 
 
Maggie O, these pics are fun. I will have to dig my 28 f3.5 out again. When I first got my M9, I had difficulty getting the metering to be accurate with that lens. What lens do you input on the camera for your CV28?

Doug- that is a nice portrait of your friend
HTeasley- I really like the long exposure mist shot. It worked out well using the roof :)
Sevres-Babylone- I like that first B&W; would be fun to see it uncropped :)
 
DwF said:
Maggie O, these pics are fun. I will have to dig my 28 f3.5 out again. When I first got my M9, I had difficulty getting the metering to be accurate with that lens. What lens do you input on the camera for your CV28?
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I coded it as a 28 f/2.8 Elmarit, but even then, the metering can be a bit finicky if you're not used to its heavy center-weighting. The good news is that it is predictable with some use and eventually you get used to it.

Here's some more California pix, these shot with my 1st version 50 Summilux:


The Mixologist, October 08, 2012 by Maggie Osterberg, on Flickr


Gin and Tonics, October 08, 2012 by Maggie Osterberg, on Flickr


The Chicken Griller, October 09, 2012 by Maggie Osterberg, on Flickr (in-camera B&W jpeg)


At The Mac, October 08, 2012 by Maggie Osterberg, on Flickr


Chairs, October 08, 2012 by Maggie Osterberg, on Flickr


Vultures Over Pleasanton, October 08, 2012 by Maggie Osterberg, on Flickr


Michael Looks at Lenses, October 08, 2012 by Maggie Osterberg, on Flickr
 
Thanks Maggie,

I am pretty certain that I would have used the 28 Elmarit setting as well when I last tried that lens, but I will play with it again. I have ansd usually use the 28 Summicron, but I have always loved the little CV 28.

I like these latest pics, but especially the composition of the Still Life with Schweppes! :)

David
 
Thanks David!

I found it helped if I used the M9-P's VF like a spot meter almost. Oh, and I habitually underexpose by about .6 of a stop.
 
This is the ZM 21 f4.5 which I have coded as the 21 2.8 pre ASPH. This is a crop, but only from the bottom. There is minimal purple fringing in this one.

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Maggie,

Thanks again for nudging me to give this lens another shot. After setting it as 28 f2.8 11809, metering is just fine. My dog pictured here, sat where he was comfortable while also dictating where I needed to be. At the same time, creating a metering challenge for me. I wasn't about to crop the rug in the foreground because I wanted to see how the lens would handle the entire frame. Not to mention keeping his paw intact!

This 28mm is really a great little lens. No appreciable vignetting wide-open; sharp corner to corner.

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Leicashot, I like #2 there especially :)
Klaus, the out of focus stuff in the fore is effective in the picture of lady behind counter. And the times setting is very nice!
Richard, that 21 4.5 certainly lives up to it's reputation. Is that you use for most of your architectural shooting?
 
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