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Subject: [Leica] IMG: More Experiments with ETTR
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 14:15:25 -0400
References: <100D878AD37541A8A0B55189C89296A9@jimnichols>

Did you try using Recovery in LR?  That can rescue some highlights that are
almost blown out.

Tina

On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
wrote:

> In continuing to get a better understanding of proper exposure as it
> applies to the E-1 and its CCD sensor, I finally got a brief period of
> sunshine, and took a few more images.  I should mention that articles I 
> have
> read report that ETTR will be helpful IF the range of brightness of the
> subjects does not exceed the range that the sensor can capture.
>
> An extreme range of brightness showed me that I could not find a setting
> capable of capturing the full image without blowing the highlights.  This
> example was about as good as I could do, and it used EV +1.3.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/P9081077edit.jpg.html
>
> Using this same setting worked very well in capturing an image containing a
> lot of shadow area.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/P9081079edit.jpg.html
>
> There is a lot more for me to learn!
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
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Tina Manley, ASMP
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