Family-run grocery

A family-run grocery at night in Auburn, NSW
Leica D-LUX4, F/2.8, 1/15 sec, 12.8 mm, ISO 400, 16:9, 21:39 2 January 2010
Image cropped, straightened and resized

3 Wise Monkeys Pub on George

3 Wise Monkeys Pub on George Street, Sydney, NSW
Canon IXUS 50, F/4.9, 1/25 sec, 17.4 mm, ISO 50, 4:3, 13:44 31 December 2009
Image skewd, cropped, resized, sharpened, and level adjusted

Sydney Darling Harbour at night

Sydney Wildlife World & Sydney Aquarium
Leica D-LUX4, F/8.0, 1/500~1/30 sec, 5.1 mm, ISO 80, HDR, ±2EV, 16:9, 19:40 29 December 2009
Image skewd, cropped, resized, sharpened, and level changed


Historic Vessel
Leica D-LUX4, F/2.8, 1/60 sec, 12.8 mm, ISO 400, HDR, 16:9, 20:17 29 December 2009
Image skewd, cropped, resized, sharpened, and level adjusted


Pyrmont Bay Wharf
Leica D-LUX4, F/2.2, 1/80 sec, 6.8 mm, ISO 400, HDR, 4:3, 20:19 29 December 2009
Image skewd, cropped, resized, sharpened, and level adjusted


Darling Harbour Wharf & Sydney CBD
Leica D-LUX4, F/2.2, 1/100 sec, 6.8 mm, ISO 400, HDR, 16:9, 20:21 29 December 2009
Image skewd, cropped, resized, sharpened, and level adjusted


Sydney CBD & Sydney Tower
Leica D-LUX4, F/4.0, 1/8~8 sec, 8.8 mm, ISO 80, HDR, ±3EV, 16:9, 20:43 29 December 2009
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Historic Vessel & Sydney CBD
Leica D-LUX4, F/2.0, 5/8 sec, 5.1 mm, ISO 400, HDR, 16:9, 20:51 29 December 2009
Image skewd, cropped, resized, sharpened, and level adjusted

Upgraded to D-LUX 4 firmware Ver 2.1

Just upgraded the firmware of my Leica D-LUX 4 to the newly released version 2.1. According to the official release notes, "the exposure compensation and the auto bracket compensation can now be set up to ±3EV." This is a feature that I have been waiting for a long time.

Additionally, a standard "HIGH DYNAMIC" feature has been added to scene mode with this version.

Below are two HDR pictures testing the differences between ±1EV and ±3EV under the same low light condition and the same AWB setting, each directly generated from three auto-bracket shots by Photomatix Pro 3.2.6 using its default settings. No any other modifications.


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Leica D-LUX 4, F/2.0, 1/15 sec, 5.1 mm, ISO 80, Pattern Mode, ±1EV, 3:2, HDR, 21:22 14 December 2009


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Leica D-LUX 4, F/2.0, 1/15 sec, 5.1 mm, ISO 80, Pattern Mode, ±3EV, 3:2, HDR, 21:23 14 December 2009

Historic building in winter

Saskatchewan Legislative Building, Regina, SK, Canada
Canon IXUS 50, F/2.8, 1/320 sec, 5.8 mm, ISO 50, Pattern Mode, +1/3, 4:3, 12:19 27 November 2005
Image skewd, cropped, resized, desaturated, and level adjusted


Saskatchewan Legislative Building, Regina, SK, Canada
Canon IXUS 50, F/4.9, 1/200 sec, 17.4 mm, ISO 50, Pattern Mode, 4:3, 12:13 27 November 2005
Image cropped, resized, desaturated, and level adjusted

Sydney International Airport at night

Observation Deck View, Terminal 1, Sydney Kingsford International Airport
Leica D-LUX4, F/5.6, 5 sec, 5.1 mm, ISO 80, Pattern Mode, 3:2, 19:56 12 November 2009
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Sydney Opera House at dawn

Sydney Opera House at dawn
Leica D-LUX4, F/5.0, 1/250 sec, 12.1 mm, ISO 80, Pattern Mode, HDR, ±3/3, 16:9, 06:56 18 July 2009