Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Here we go, the discussion starts again now ;-) I'm of the 'do not routinely underexpose' school. I think I am a school of one here. I try to keep as many of the highlight tones as possible. When the linear capture is adjusted by the gamma curve to approximate human vision, some of those tones are pushed down into the mid-tones and darks. Remember that half of all the possible tones are used to represent the first (brightest) stop of your dynamic range. The more tones you start with the better for maximum possible quality. Also my experience has been that under-exposure can make for more noise in the shadows, especially with higher ISOs. Lots of people here will prove to you that -1/3 or more will still give you great results. I respect all of their opinions and experience. I like to start with the biggest possible tonal range in the DNG. Remember that the clipping warning on your camera LCD is only an approximation based on the jpg settings. Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ Pick up your camera and make the best photo you can. -----Original Message----- Subject: [Leica] Question about M8 exposure I have noticed that most of the M8 images posted here have exposure compensation of -1/3 stop or -2/3 stop applied to them. Is there any particular reason for doing that? I have not noticed any tendency for my M8 to overexpose (I shoot on aperture priority and auto ISO most of the time). Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information