[Leica] Question about M8 exposure

[leica at web-options.com (Bob W)]

I have Resnick & Spritzer's book about Lightroom, based on the seminars.
It's very good. 

I originally learned about exposing to the right from Bruce Fraser's book
Real World Camera Raw, which provides a good explanation of why it matters,
but the explanation in Resnick & Spritzer's book is also excellent.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Real-World-Camera-Adobe-Photoshop/dp/0321580133/ref=
sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232293434&sr=8-3

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Photoshop-Lightroom-Workbook-Workflow-Workslow/dp/02
40810678/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232293613&sr=1-1

A short version of Bruce Fraser's explanation is available in this pdf:
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/pdfs/linear_gamma.pdf

Bob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+leica=web-options.com@leica-users.org 
> [mailto:lug-bounces+leica=web-options.com@leica-users.org] On 
> Behalf Of Leland Deane
> Sent: 18 January 2009 12:48
> To: lug@leica-users.org
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Question about M8 exposure 
> 
> During two of his seminars (the ones I attended), Seth 
> Resnick talked about exposure with a digital sensor in mind 
> instead of slide film. While relative over exposure is death 
> to film, keeping the histogram to the right as much as 
> possible is desirable because you are adding 'information' 
> digitally that you can work with. Now of course we're not 
> talking about gross over exposure, clipping, or poor 
> exposures. But the point is well taken that one should try 
> and 'gather' as much digital data as possible for post production. 
> 
> Seth recommended, therefore, setting the exposure 
> compensation in most cameras to +1/3 or +2/3 of a stop. I 
> have used this with all my Canons and Leicas (digital) with 
> good results.
> 
> Lee
> 
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