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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