LX3 LONDON : DOCKLANDS AT DUSK

Thanks to its Leica-logo’d f2-2.8 lens, the LX3 has proven itself to be a stunning low-light camera. There’s a feeling amongst many that shooting in low-light is a relatively rare requirement, and that most photography – literal translation from latin being ‘drawing with light’ – takes place when there’s some light to draw with ! [...]

LX3 MICHAEL JACKSON

For today, rather than a comp, a rant about DSLR mags, or some particular LX3 feature, advantage, benefit – just an image. Walking along Coventry Street in London this morning, close to Leicester Square, there were two particular groups of people. One was an ever-growing queue awaiting the appearance of Johnny Depp for the film [...]

LX3 – KODACHROME ?

Having been in production since 1939, with the demise of Kodachrome a few days ago, and as digital photographers that really care about how our shots look (one of the reasons we use LX3), there are thankfully some superb replications available via software – and this no doubt helped fuel declining sales of the film itself. [...]

LX3 GOES LARGE

For all LX3 users out there – have you ever actually had large prints from your files ? I just received today 3 prints that I’d ordered via upload the other evening. They’re 24″ x16″  (that’s the paper size …my images are in 16:9, so they’re printed full width, shorter in height) … and all look fantastic. [...]

LX3/E-P1/DSLR ?

In a way, I’m revisiting here a couple of recent posts with new comment below added in the light of news over the last week or so … three hot topics as the title of this entry. DSLR publications – can these be at all relevant to LX3 users ? On a positive note, in [...]

LX3 / DxO ILFORD XP2

And for those that see the world in black & white (and, photographically speaking, I increasingly do), here’s a mono conversion done in DxO Labs FilmPack, on the Ilford XP2 setting, with the relevant film grain added for authenticity. More info on the excellent DxO Filmpack software at http://www.dxolabs.com, and for more LX3 mono images, [...]

LX3 GETS CLOSE

We know how versatile the LX3 is, and in capturing the detail on this old pot, I was really pleased to not only get the level of fine detail I’d hoped for, but also a very accurate white balance. I’m not obsessive about this, but there was definitely room for a lot of improvement on [...]

LX3 RAW SUNSET

From last night, this image is another one that has pleasantly surprised with the level of detail that could be pulled from the LX3′s RAW file. Exposing for the sunset, the foreground was entirely dark  – in fact, almost black & blocked out. Because there was so little light, there’s a little noise, and I purposely haven’t run this [...]

WAITING FOR THE LIGHT

Literally did wait for the light on this one … had been a little dull, sun behind the clouds. You know how it is, when you can visualise a great landscape, but the light just isn’t there. Look up at the sky (find myself doing that a lot), sun behind the clouds. Lower camera to [...]

LX3 / NIK COLOR EFEX PRO

Came across this scene while out walking earlier this weekend, and found that LX3 RAW file flexibility was ideal in pulling out the entire colour range and detail in this image. Intentionally, I’ve used Nik Color Efex filters to modify the image to what, for some reason, reminds me a little of a Japanese garden. With [...]