THE LEICA M9 DIGITAL CAMERA REVIEW - PAGE 5
COLOR - THE M9 PACKS A PUNCH!
THE LEICA M9 REAL WORLD REVIEW
PAGE 1 - THE FULL FRAME BEAUTY ARRIVES
PAGE 2 - The goods. What comes in the box and what’s new?
PAGE 3 - Is FULL FRAME really that much better?
PAGE 4 - High ISO low light photography, and the M9
PAGE 5 - Color - M9 packs a PUNCH!
PAGE 6 - Some M9 Black & White conversions
PAGE 7 - The 35 Summilux and the M9 - A match made in heaven or hell?
PAGE 8 - Full Frame = Vignetting? Not on the M9!
PAGE 9 - Untouched Full Size Sample Downloads
PAGE 10 - My favorite images form my time with the M9
PAGE 11 - More M9 from other Leica photographers
PAGE 12 - My final thoughts and conclusion
PAGE 13 - Why I prefer shooting with a rangefinder camera.
NEW! > - My Ongoing Leica M9 Daily Diary - Updated DAILY!
PAGE 5 - Color! The M9 packs a serious punch! next---->
With the M8 and M8.2, I often had drab color right out of the camera. I usually had to have my saturation set up a notch or two when I shot, as I always shot RAW + JPEG. With the jacked up JPEG, I could get some punch in the images. When I started shooting the M9 in some bright outdoor light, I noticed the new JPEGS pack some serious color punch!
Now, I must confess that the shot above was processed in Camera Raw, but below I have supplied a few images that are STRAIGHT FROM CAMERA UNTOUCHED JPEGS. Click on any of them for a larger view, but keep in mind, these are untouched and unprocessed. What you see below is what you can expect from an out of camera M9 JPEG with all settings on standard. Hopefully these will be helpful and as always, I recommend shooting RAW with the M8 and M9 for best results. With that said, I find the JPEGS of the M9 to be better than the M8 JPEG’s. Yes indeed, the JPEGS are not bad at all thanks to the new improved color.
NOTE: This was shot with the 24 Lux, but I forgot to turn on lens detection to auto and it was set up as a 90 Summicron. This means vignetting correction was not on and we do see some vignetting here. BUT, if I would have had it turned on in camera, then it would have corrected this.
The M9 Likes Green and I like the Green of the M9!
Skin Tones? You be the judge of the out of camera color.
BIG BAD REDS! Here the camera blew the reds. In the processed version, I fixed this when converting the RAW file. In this straight from camera JPEG, the red was blown. Saturation was set at STANDARD in camera. Maybe Leica can turn down the saturation a notch with a firmware update? Until then, if shooting JPEG in bright light, you may want to take it down a notch.
Here is a JPEG straight from camera. In bright light, I have been having some issues with the M9 blowing out the color in reds and oranges. Again, the color was set to “Standard” and this is what came out. Even the RAW file cannot be fixed as the flower is so blown out. I guess I should have dialed in some exposure comp for this one. Many other flower shots were blown but it could be user error and once I have more time with the “9” I can experiment further.
BTW, in regards to the M9’s dynamic range I did not have time to do any testing but from what I have seen it appears to be the same as the M8. When I get my M9 I will test the DR out a little more and add to the review.
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