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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