The Leica look

How does one get it with PP? Dicuss?

What exactly are you referring to as a Leica look?

It's hard to articulate it actually.

Razeus wrote in post #11737445
It's hard to articulate it actually.

Lol well that helps.

Razeus wrote in post #11737445
It's hard to articulate it actually.

and even harder to do in PP.

Razeus wrote in post #11737276
How does one get it with PP? Dicuss?

I'm not saying this to be snarky, but I'd suggest going to a Leica forum and see what--if anything--they're having to do to make the digital Leicas have "the Leica look."

Back in the film days, discussions of different looks tended to revolve around the fact that Leicas had noticeably more crispness and contrast. Part of that is because the rangefinder camera induces very little of the subtle vibration that you get in any SLR image without locking up the mirror. Part of that was because Leitz lenses are designed to be more contrasty than Canon designs their lenses. And part of that is most visible in shorter lenses because a rangefinder doesn't require the complex, element-laden lens design that an SLR requires.

Part of the Leica look is also a matter of how one adjusts one's style to the tool. The size, the quietness, the rangefinder-viewfinder all add up to a different photographic experience that has an affect in how the photographer sees.

Razeus wrote in post #11737276
How does one get it with PP? Dicuss?

You won't.
Use a Leica.

It'd help if you posted an example.

This won't necessarily make you images look like they were shot with a Leica, but you can get some of the color rendering from this trick:

Download a copy of the trial version of Capture One from Phase One. With the trial comes the ICC profiles used in C1 to emulate camera looks. They include Leica digital cameras (D-Lux4, 5; M8, M9, R8, R9, X1). Even after the trial has expired, you can use the profiles to change the color rendering in any application that uses ICC profiles. That is, you can copy the profiles to where your system-wide profiles live and access them that way. Leica profiles tend to give very rich, saturated colors.

This might get you closer. In the attached image, the variant on the right is the original, rendered with the 5D profile; left is a variant of the image rendered with the Leica M9 profile.

Kirk

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If you like a photo you took, then you will have the Leica Look! (Sorry, I coudn't help it!)

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Throw some images of what you mean up for us.

wow... this thread was totally worthess without an example...

Well, IMO, this is a Canon forum, so we all should know what "the Canon look" is...and anyone who doesn't already know "the Leica look" can't help even if given an example.

But beyond the particular artistic eye that Leica's provide, I don't think the difference is really reproducible on the web anyway.

kirkt wrote in post #11738898
This won't necessarily make you images look like they were shot with a Leica, but you can get some of the color rendering from this trick:

Download a copy of the trial version of Capture One from Phase One. With the trial comes the ICC profiles used in C1 to emulate camera looks. They include Leica digital cameras (D-Lux4, 5; M8, M9, R8, R9, X1). Even after the trial has expired, you can use the profiles to change the color rendering in any application that uses ICC profiles. That is, you can copy the profiles to where your system-wide profiles live and access them that way. Leica profiles tend to give very rich, saturated colors.

This might get you closer. In the attached image, the variant on the right is the original, rendered with the 5D profile; left is a variant of the image rendered with the Leica M9 profile.

Kirk

The only difference I see is saturation, which you can do in Photoshop without having to download a whole new program.