Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve, I know this was directed at Tina, but I have had good luck underexposing two stops and bringing the image to what I think the values should be in Lightroom. Routinely, I underexpose 1/3 stop to keep from blowing the highlights. So, when shooting the M8, err on the side of underexposure; if the historgram starts at 125 and goes to the left you still can have an outstanding image. On 9/10/07, Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net> wrote: > > > On Sep 9, 2007, at 3:02 PM, Steve Unsworth wrote: > > > Hi Tina, normally I'd agree with you, but the M8 used a non-linear > > 14 (or is > > it 12?) to 8 bit compression algorithm when writing the DNG files > > that in my > > understanding puts more of the 'bits' into the shadows than the > > highlights. > > So the old adage about exposing to the right doesn't work in the > > same way > > with the M8. > > let's us M8 users give it a whirl, does deliberate underexposure help > or hurt... ? > > and report back please.... > > Steve > > > > > > Steve > > > > > > On 9/9/07 22:53, "Tina Manley" <images@comporium.net> wrote: > > > >> At 05:35 PM 9/9/2007, you wrote: > >>> The M8 has a pretty big dynamic range, especially in the shadows. > >>> Recently > >>> I've started using the camera with compensation of -1/3 of a stop > >>> to control > >>> any possible highlight blowing. > >>> > >>> Steve > >> > >> > >> Steve - I used to do that, too, but after viewing a tutorial by Jeff > >> Schewe about digital photography and color management, I'm having > >> second thoughts. He advises to be sure the histogram is balanced to > >> the right. He says that highlights contain much more recoverable > >> information than shadows and that, even if the highlights look blown > >> in the preview, they can be recovered in RAW files. Overexposing > >> slightly gives you much less noise in the shadows. He says always > >> bias the exposure as far as you can to the right without completely > >> blowing out the highlights. The only time you shouldn't follow this > >> advice is when using high ISOs because then you would just choose a > >> lower ISO to get the same effect. I haven't experimented with this > >> enough to know how it works, but I'm going to try it. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Don don.dory@gmail.com