A trip to the skating rink is always a good test for low-light, High-ISO, and Fast lenses. Yesterday, I took the M8 with the Minolta 50/1.4 MC mount converted to Leica mount and the M9 with the 50/1.1 Nokton.
I used M8RAW2DNG with the M8, shooting ISO160 at -3ev (ISO 1250 equivalent) and with the Disco lights on Manual, 4 stops under the correct exposure for ISO2500 equivalent. I used "Levels" and "Curves" in Photoshop to correct the exposure in Post. No Noise Reduction used. I posted the full-res images on Flickr.
The Leica M8, I've never had such clean ISO2500 shots from it before.
skate4_ISO2500 by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr.
skate6_iso2500 by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr
It was Dark. 1/45th sec and F1.4 for most of these.
I used M8RAW2DNG with the M8, shooting ISO160 at -3ev (ISO 1250 equivalent) and with the Disco lights on Manual, 4 stops under the correct exposure for ISO2500 equivalent. I used "Levels" and "Curves" in Photoshop to correct the exposure in Post. No Noise Reduction used. I posted the full-res images on Flickr.
The Leica M8, I've never had such clean ISO2500 shots from it before.
skate4_ISO2500 by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr.
skate6_iso2500 by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr
It was Dark. 1/45th sec and F1.4 for most of these.
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