In the OP, the Merrill had a Hoya UV(0) haze filter on it but there wasn't much UV about today. My understanding is that haze is not quite the same as mist/fog anyway. It was also bloody raining at the time - so I left the filter on.
And processing choices can change this quite a bit too. DXO Photolab has what they call Clearview Plus which will cut through this. Lightroom has the Dehaze control.
No post-processing in my shots. Both at SPP defaults > TIFF > RawTherapee w/ no adjustments > JPEG 100% Q, 4:2:0 sub-sampled.
Apart from a slight green cast in the DP2 photo, I'm not seeing much difference at all. Either photo would give the viewer a pretty good idea of how foggy the scene is.No post-processing in my shots. Both at SPP defaults > TIFF > RawTherapee w/ no adjustments > JPEG 100% Q, 4:2:0 sub-sampled.
DP2 2640x1760px (high res X3F)
DP2 Merrill 2336x1568px (low res X3F)
Ted it's amazing how different the color in the two shots looks. The DP2 shot seems to have so much more green in it, that I was really shocked. The Merrill shot has a brighter sky. Very interesting. Thanks for posting these . . . and do you remember this thread?No post-processing in my shots. Both at SPP defaults > TIFF > RawTherapee w/ no adjustments > JPEG 100% Q, 4:2:0 sub-sampled.
DP2 2640x1760px (high res X3F)
DP2 Merrill 2336x1568px (low res X3F)
Oops, I had forgotten all of those, Scott. (getting old).
Nice to see those again. The one with the gull is one of your best -- I'd forgotten it, it must be about four years since you originally posted it.
:-D ;-)
I'm not a fan of DxO but that looks fine to me, Shawn.Here it is through DXO Photolab with Clearview Plus turned on at default settings.
Shawn
I'm surprised, I think DXO Photolab 3 is very versatile. Esp with the Nik plugins now integrated into it and Filmpak and Viewpoint plug ins. Prime NR is amazing. Biggest issue is just the limited cameras it supports.
Or, in other words, "de-hazing" works.Here it is through DXO Photolab with Clearview Plus turned on at default settings.
Shawn
Yup, my take is that it is processing related. I think it is that processing that also gives the 'Merrill clouds' as de haze processing alters clouds in a similar way.Or, in other words, "de-hazing" works.Here it is through DXO Photolab with Clearview Plus turned on at default settings.
Shawn
One just has to do it properly.
The question is whether SPP, in combination with the Merrill cameras, actually does something like this. Or as if by magic, the Merrill sensor is able to do it on its own. unbidden, and as a matter of course.
I have seen claims that Merrill cameras can cut through atmospheric haze, so that distant objects are clearer with the Merrill cameras. One might assume that eliminating all haze would be a good thing. Plainly, on some reflection, that is not true.
I have used a primitive de-hazing process, using unsharp masking, and it worked well with the SD10.
Or is this kind of de-hazing claim in some way related to the odd, perverse (?) detail settings that are available on the Merrill cameras and SPP, and which change both color and detail in Merrill images?
I dislike DxO because of their dumbed-down metrics for their reviews and because, for them, Sigma does not exist. I do realize that Photolab is a separate entity and, yes, I'm biased to the extent that my computer is Adobe-free. Sad, ennit?
