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Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 3 Days Ago
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Posted By malland
In Lightroom I see more noise than banding, owing...

In Lightroom I see more noise than banding, owing to two stops underexposure in the mid to three-quarter tones. I was going for the pattern on the "frosted" windows.

—Mitch/Paris
Paris Obvious [WIP]...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 3 Days Ago
Replies: 681
Views: 45,136
Posted By malland
Summilux-50 pre-ASPH | ISO...

Summilux-50 pre-ASPH | ISO 640
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7300/8717603958_c1b5dc6d72_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/malland/8717603958/)
Paris...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 3 Days Ago
Replies: 50
Views: 1,407
Posted By malland
I really don't know whether the reason is CCD vs...

I really don't know whether the reason is CCD vs CMOS or the processor or the color filters, but the trouble with most of the M240 pictures I've seen is that the colors show a yellow-green bias — and...
Forum: Rangefinder Photography Discussion 5 Days Ago
Replies: 1,179
Views: 79,962
Posted By malland
ZF1, cutesy-pooh comment, but look at the...

ZF1, cutesy-pooh comment, but look at the original post:

—Mitch/Paris
Paris Obvious [WIP] (http://www.flickr.com/photos/malland/8717603958/in/set-72157633484319410/lightbox/)
Eggleston said that he...
Forum: Rangefinder Photography Discussion 6 Days Ago
Replies: 1,179
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Posted By malland
Leica M9-P | DR-Summicron | ISO 320 | f/4.0 |...

Leica M9-P | DR-Summicron | ISO 320 | f/4.0 | 1/500 sec
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7283/8733450367_4482e93a86_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/malland/8733450367/)
Paris...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 1 Week Ago
Replies: 146
Views: 3,445
Posted By malland
Sounds right, but isn't this because of the high...

Sounds right, but isn't this because of the high price of the products? I would guess that the number of pirated copies of Photoshop being used is many, many multiples of that of paid copies because...
Forum: Photo Software 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 267
Views: 6,537
Posted By malland
Don't like the idea of having another thing to...

Don't like the idea of having another thing to check on my montly credit card statement, and prefer to buy something and be done with it. Adobe seems to be assuming that their CC programs are a "way...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 04-16-2013
Replies: 681
Views: 45,136
Posted By malland
M9-P | Summilux-50 pre-ASPH | ISO 640 | f/4.0 |...

M9-P | Summilux-50 pre-ASPH | ISO 640 | f/4.0 | 1/125 sec
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8519/8535564061_e33ef93edd_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/malland/8535564061/)
Paris...
Forum: Travel 04-09-2013
Replies: 43
Views: 1,329
Posted By malland
Photographing people is generally not a problem...

Photographing people is generally not a problem in Paris, but it's simply not true that it's as problem-free as in Tokyo (or Bangkok), where most people really don't mind being photographed. One...
Forum: Rangefinder Photography Discussion 04-01-2013
Replies: 161
Views: 5,540
Posted By malland
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2046/2086883073_52d6...

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2046/2086883073_52d60cf54a_z.jpg?zz=1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/malland/2086883073/)
Paris (http://www.flickr.com/photos/malland/2086883073/)...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 03-04-2013
Replies: 85
Views: 6,686
Posted By malland
nightfly, in post #71 I wrote that I would post a...

nightfly, in post #71 I wrote that I would post a link to my second book project, which contains both color and B&W pictures. It's under my signature below.

—Mitch/Potomac, MD
Paris au rythme de...
Forum: Leica M Film Cameras 02-10-2013
Replies: 81
Views: 4,339
Posted By malland
Years ago, when I lived in East Africa, after my...

Years ago, when I lived in East Africa, after my father gave me his IIIc, I sold the Nikon F that I had been using. Inexperienced at the time, I found that my photogarphy improved: not because the...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 02-05-2013
Replies: 1,581
Views: 125,133
Posted By malland
Cam, wow -1EV! That is, ISO 5000, f/1.0 at 1/180...

Cam, wow -1EV! That is, ISO 5000, f/1.0 at 1/180 sec, which speaks clearer to me than the EV number. Fantastic results, particularly considering how little light that is. And, for a change, I even...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 02-02-2013
Replies: 44
Views: 1,694
Posted By malland
I've now done a first re-edit of Lanka Footsteps...

I've now done a first re-edit of Lanka Footsteps (http://www.flickr.com/photos/malland/8388384722/in/set-72157632606522440/lightbox/), reducing the number of pictures from 56 to 35 as well as ...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 02-01-2013
Replies: 44
Views: 1,694
Posted By malland
Jim, thanks for the kind words. I've looked...

Jim, thanks for the kind words. I've looked through your flickr photostream, and like what you're doing with the M-Monochrom, particulalry the wide range of types of pictures that you'v e produced...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 02-01-2013
Replies: 44
Views: 1,694
Posted By malland
derwanderer, I have no problem with criticism;...

derwanderer, I have no problem with criticism; and I replied as best I could not knowing where you were coming from in asking me "to convince you." Lanka Footsteps requires further editing, as you...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 02-01-2013
Replies: 44
Views: 1,694
Posted By malland
The title is what it is: "Lanka" stands for Sri...

The title is what it is: "Lanka" stands for Sri Lanka, the "Sri" being an honirific. "Footprints", though, have a certain connotation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha_footprint), which may speak...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 01-31-2013
Replies: 44
Views: 1,694
Posted By malland
Shadow detail

Thanks, CaptZoom. Here's an example of a picture in which I wouldn't want any more shadow detail. Would anybody?




M-Monochrom | Summicron-28 | ISO 320 | 1/2000...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 01-31-2013
Replies: 44
Views: 1,694
Posted By malland
Shadow detail

Further to the last posting, I just found on my computer an old quote from Ralph Gibson on shadow detail:



—Mitch/Chiang Mai
Lanka Footsteps [M-Monochrom/Sri Lanka]...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 01-31-2013
Replies: 44
Views: 1,694
Posted By malland
Thanks. No, the rendition of the shadows is an...

Thanks. No, the rendition of the shadows is an aesthetic choice: for example, the insides of the temples were very dark with some light streaming in, the same with the Buddhas in the caves, and the...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 01-30-2013
Replies: 44
Views: 1,694
Posted By malland
Dood = Dude — cool! Thanks, interesting to read...

Dood = Dude — cool!

Thanks, interesting to read your analysis because I also like the feel of the Paris picture.

—Mitch/Chiang Mai
Bangkok Hysteria (download link for book project)...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 01-30-2013
Replies: 44
Views: 1,694
Posted By malland
Thanks for the kind words, Keith. Let me explain:...

Thanks for the kind words, Keith. Let me explain: while I am not perennially concerned with view counts, I was genuinely surprised why this thread at first got so few views, considering that there is...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 01-30-2013
Replies: 44
Views: 1,694
Posted By malland
Thanks. I don't know. Why should a link to...

Thanks. I don't know. Why should a link to Bangkok Hysteria under my signature or a link to Lanka Footsteps, which I put in so that people wouldn't have to go back to the original post if they...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 01-30-2013
Replies: 44
Views: 1,694
Posted By malland
Chris, I agree: the first thing in editing this...

Chris, I agree: the first thing in editing this series is to delete the pictures that I have included that are there to show off what the M-Monochrom can do, rather than what I want to say about Sri...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 01-30-2013
Replies: 44
Views: 1,694
Posted By malland
Thanks for looking. I like film also, and with...

Thanks for looking. I like film also, and with digital cameras prior to the M-Monochrom I sometimes have been accused of trying to mimick film: actually, all I did was to process the pictures to a...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 01-30-2013
Replies: 44
Views: 1,694
Posted By malland
Nick, my reading of the article is that he was...

Nick, my reading of the article is that he was indeed there and had for many years wanted to visit the country. In any case, the fact checkers of the Atlantic Monthly would have ferreted out if he...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 01-30-2013
Replies: 44
Views: 1,694
Posted By malland
Alice, thanks for the nice words. Although the...

Alice, thanks for the nice words. Although the picture you refer to has a good deal of noise, I don't see any banding, having now examined the 50%, 100% and 200% views in LR4.

—Mitch/Chiang...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 01-30-2013
Replies: 44
Views: 1,694
Posted By malland
People can read Robert Kaplan's article and judge...

People can read Robert Kaplan's article and judge for themselves.

—Mitch/Chiang Mai
Bangkok Hysteria (download link for book project) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/malland/sets/72157630402352228/)
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 01-29-2013
Replies: 44
Views: 1,694
Posted By malland
Klaus, In my view, the Lanka Footsteps pictures...

Klaus,

In my view, the Lanka Footsteps pictures are not typical tourist pictures which, to be fair you did not state, but neither would I view them in a "touristy context", for the simple reason...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 01-29-2013
Replies: 44
Views: 1,694
Posted By malland
Here is an additional picture for the Lanka...

Here is an additional picture for the Lanka Footsteps series. This is the only picture that I've processed with Silver Efex: I found I got a subtler tonality, with richer mid tones, than I was able...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 01-27-2013
Replies: 44
Views: 1,694
Posted By malland
Thanks for the comments,...

Thanks for the comments, guys.

@Andy/@jonmanjiro, yes, that seems to be it: only views reaching the slideshow are counted if they come through the main page. Not that I was concerned with buliding...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 01-26-2013
Replies: 1,581
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Posted By malland
Ashwin, thanks for the kind words. I like the...

Ashwin, thanks for the kind words. I like the first two of your portraits in your post #974. Love the rich blacks, as well as the skin tones.

—Mitch/Chiang Mai
Lanka Footsteps [M-Monochrom series...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 01-26-2013
Replies: 1,581
Views: 125,133
Posted By malland
Steve, thanks. Your analysis generally is spot on...

Steve, thanks. Your analysis generally is spot on as far as I am concerned, though I'm not sure that I would have used a medium yellow filter unless I really wanted to accentuate the sky quite a bit,...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 01-26-2013
Replies: 44
Views: 1,694
Posted By malland
Thanks, Mark. One does indeed do it for oneself,...

Thanks, Mark. One does indeed do it for oneself, but if you don't show the work it might as well be a tree that falls in the forest that no one hears falling. The issue is, I suppose, the best way to...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 01-26-2013
Replies: 44
Views: 1,694
Posted By malland
As I write this, there have been in one (24hr)...

As I write this, there have been in one (24hr) day 139 views of my posting above, but not a single reply and merely 3 views of the 55-photo Sri Lanka series (Lanka Footsteps) shot with the...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 01-26-2013
Replies: 1,581
Views: 125,133
Posted By malland
Too far away to see 制服を着た女子高校生.:D —Mitch/Chiang...

Too far away to see 制服を着た女子高校生.:D

—Mitch/Chiang Mai
Lanka Footsteps [Monochrom series in Sri Lanka (http://www.flickr.com/photos/malland/8388384722/in/set-72157632606522440)
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 01-24-2013
Replies: 85
Views: 6,686
Posted By malland
Lanka Footsteps

The photograph in the posting immediately above is from a series called Lanka Footseps, which is a set of 55 M-Monochrom shots taken in Sri Lanka, which you can see by clicking here...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 01-24-2013
Replies: 44
Views: 1,694
Posted By malland
Lanka Footsteps [M-Monochrom/Sri Lanka]

I spent three days in Sri Lanka, traveling with a Thai tour group, which meant long hours in a tour bus with no opportunity to stop when I might have wanted to. Shooting with an M-Monochrom, I took...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 01-24-2013
Replies: 1,581
Views: 125,133
Posted By malland
There are a lot of judgments and assertions here,...

There are a lot of judgments and assertions here, and I must say that I don't see processing with the M-Monochrom the same way. Generally, I find it easier than working with color conversions. I...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 01-24-2013
Replies: 1,581
Views: 125,133
Posted By malland
Not true, in my view. I find this camera has huge...

Not true, in my view. I find this camera has huge dynamic range, which can be optimized by exposing for the highloghts and lifting the shadows. This is discussed in the thread on my review of the...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 01-21-2013
Replies: 14
Views: 761
Posted By malland
Andrew, Ugh, the type of camera used isn't the...

Andrew,

Ugh, the type of camera used isn't the determining factor of whether a photograph has soul; the photographer does. You also say, "...and mirrorless cameras leave me somewhat cold, as in the...
Forum: Repair / Camera Care 01-20-2013
Replies: 90
Views: 3,087
Posted By malland
Raid, I had a lot of trouble with the Ecliple II...

Raid,

I had a lot of trouble with the Ecliple II liquid and ended up with smears that I couldn't deal with. Let us know what how you do with the 70% isopropyl alcohol. Looks to mr that oil spots are...
Forum: Repair / Camera Care 01-20-2013
Replies: 90
Views: 3,087
Posted By malland
Raid, as can be expected there are several...

Raid, as can be expected there are several different views here (http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-m9-forum/267418-adventures-m-monochrom-sensor-cleaning.html). While this thread deals...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 01-20-2013
Replies: 85
Views: 6,686
Posted By malland
Here's a shot at ISO 10,000. Actually, it could...

Here's a shot at ISO 10,000. Actually, it could have been exposed at an ISO as low as 1,000 because the shutter speed is 1/500 sec. However, I had the camera set at ISO 10,000, shooting in a dark...
Forum: Rangefinder Photography Discussion 01-20-2013
Replies: 51
Views: 3,155
Posted By malland
Yes, 40mm I like the 40mm focal length as well....

Yes, 40mm I like the 40mm focal length as well. My favorite combination is 21, 28 and 40mm lenses, although I don't currenlty have the latter.

—Mitch/Bangkok
Bangkok Hysteria (download link for book...
Forum: Rangefinder Photography Discussion 01-19-2013
Replies: 51
Views: 3,155
Posted By malland
My preference is wider for street photography,...

My preference is wider for street photography, 28mm or sometimes 21mm as in the two pictures below. However, the following is an interesting posting on the 50mm by Mike Johnston on LUG in...
Forum: Leica M Film Cameras 01-17-2013
Replies: 42
Views: 2,157
Posted By malland
Sure, I agree that there is no resason to take...

Sure, I agree that there is no resason to take all this seriously. But I stick by my KITSCH statement: war as fun is kitsch, death as amusng is kitsch — I just don't like the self-satisfied,...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 01-17-2013
Replies: 85
Views: 6,686
Posted By malland
It's not a subtle difference; it's not all about...

It's not a subtle difference; it's not all about resolution; it's about gradation and the enormous dynamic range, which you cannot know without having tried the camera. I'll just repeat what I wrote...
Forum: Leica M Film Cameras 01-17-2013
Replies: 42
Views: 2,157
Posted By malland
So how do you spell K-I-T-S-C-H? Yes, kitsch can...

So how do you spell K-I-T-S-C-H? Yes, kitsch can be B&W as well.

—Mitch/Bangkok
Bangkok Hysteria (download link for book project) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/malland/sets/72157630402352228/)
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 01-10-2013
Replies: 85
Views: 6,686
Posted By malland
The Brighest Sun, the Deepest Shade

It seems to me that the M-Monochrom renders the highlights of the brightest light so beautifully that I'm approaching my usual high-contrast processing less simplistically. In he following photo, my...
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