So my Leaf back was replaced by Leaf America, big shout out to Rick who was amazingly quick about it.
I went about testing it today and was blown away by the quality.
I tested in TUNGSTEN light because I wanted to see how well it handled such situations...
in ISO 200 with a 35mm Mamiya at f/3.5 wide open and at 1/40s and 1/80s respectively (it's not a scientific test ok so...take it with a pinch of salt) and processed in ACR, sharpening was left at default of 25 and radius 1, and no colour or luminance reduction.(sliders left at 0)
This is the image at ISO 200 without exposure adjustment
This is the image at ISO 400 without exposure adjustment
This is a 100% zoom of the shadow area ISO 200 image, without exposure adjustment
This is a 100% zoom of the shadow area ISO 400 image, without exposure adjustment
This is a 100% zoom of the shadow area ISO 200 image, with exposure adjustment of 2.00 stops
This is a 100% zoom of the shadow area ISO 400 image, with exposure adjustment of 2.00 stops
Those of you who keep harping on exposing to the right, I have to say that even I wasn't expecting this much latitude with the shadows on my back. My previous back had serious problems compared to this replacement one..
I don't see any strange colours or clumps even when I push the exposure up.
Pity the back wasn't available for my shoot yesterday...