Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My DMR results exacatly. It is almost ALWAYS set to underexpose -1 EV in good light and -0.5EV in dim light. Eric On 12/7/06, Tina Manley <images@infoave.net> wrote: > > At 08:40 AM 12/7/2006, you wrote: > After all we don't declare a slam-dunk for a particular B&W film when > all films are processed in the same developer for the same time; we > optimize each film's development and decide under what conditions > each film/developer combination produces the effect we're looking > for. The same should be done with digital RAW files. > > >Doug Herr > > And that's what I'm doing. Experimenting. Just like I used to do > with different films, developers, temperatures, and times. All this > particular experiment was intended to do is give me a starting > place. I never intended for anyone to consider these high ISO > experiments a slam-dunk for either camera. I'm not going to stop > using my M8 for high ISO photos but I will be more careful with it > and with the processing of the digital files. I've learned, thanks > to you suggestion, that the M8 will do better underexposing and using > lower ISOs. That will definitely affect how I use the camera in the > future. I'm still learning to use it and will continue with more > experiments before I depend on the M8 exclusively for any assignments. > > Tina > > Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA > http://www.tinamanley.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >