CATCHER ON THE FLY

[FUJI]

I don't usually use the Macro setting on my little LX5 compact....I have never been too happy with the results....but here something must have been right.

 

This Garden Spider was pretty annoyed with me after I teased it with a length of grass, it came out in attack mode immediately...here it is just simmering down but still bristling:

 

For some reason, this beautiful little Raw shooting, Leica lensed camera can be very noisy...I have tried all ways to avoid it, but with little success...the ISO can be set right down to 80 and be adjusted in fives but still I get noisy RAW shots....if anyone has a soloution it would make me very happy:

 

FUJI

[bugmeister]

There seems to be a fair bit of discussion about noise on the LX5 on various forums, most of which just suggest using the noise reduction facility in lightroom.

 

Back to this picture and he/she does look a bit bristly, and you caught the light on him beautifully

[FUJI]

There seems to be a fair bit of discussion about noise on the LX5 on various forums, most of which just suggest using the noise reduction facility in lightroom.

 

Back to this picture and he/she does look a bit bristly, and you caught the light on him beautifully

Hi, Bugsy,

Thank you for your kind comments.......I have looked at a few forums discussing the noise issue with the LX5 ..........I have done a RESET on mine camera as recommended by LX5 users ......I wont know if it has worked until I next process a RAW image from it.

Also, one of the posters suggested that shooting in MANUAL mode increases the noise and suggests instead shooting in P mode.....a mode I have never used......any ideas or comments please?

Cheers!

FUJI

[Korky]

So that's what you old timers do for kicks is it? Tease spiders! You'd be better off taking up a proper hobby - have you considered becoming a naturist?

 

A very nice shot, Fooj, that's two spider shots that've rung my bell in the last five minutes - sorry I can't add to the technical discussion, though!

 

Korky

[Ian]

I'd say you nee to use the macro on that camera a lot more.

 

That's a cracking shot, don't that look a lot scarier close up

[NannyFerret]

It's lovely!

[bugmeister]

Also, one of the posters suggested that shooting in MANUAL mode increases the noise and suggests instead shooting in P mode.....a mode I have never used......any ideas or comments please?

 

I'd be sceptical that manual mode will increase the noise.  About the only things that increase noise are increasing the ISO or trying to recover detail from underexposed dark areas or long exposures.

 

P mode is 'program' and it's one step up from auto. i.e. the camera suggests setting for aperture and shutter speed, but you have the option of changing one or the other. The camera will adjust the other one to return the shot to the 'standard' setting.

 

e.g if the camera is suggesting f5.6 and 1/500s, you might decide to use f4 to keep a shallow depth of field. Because you're letting more light in the camera will change the shutter speed to a shorter exposure time to compensate and return to the correct exposure, and conversely if you want a greater depth of field you choose f11, the camera will change the shutter speed to a longer exposure to compensate.