Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lumix LC5 Barely any manipulation to the image except some Unsharp Masking here. I think the range is pretty good. http://www.sonc.com/OK/pages/P1020364.htm Sonny - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <images@InfoAve.Net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 10:30 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Digicam blues (whites and purples, actually) > At 07:57 PM 6/28/2003 -0700, you wrote: > > >Graham, Sonny and Tina are shooting a lot with the Digilux or its > >Panasonic incarnation. How do you folks deal with the dynamic range issue? > > I set all of the parameters to low - low contrast, low saturation, low > sharpening. I'd rather do all of that in Photoshop and it's much easier to > add than to subtract. There are a couple of ways to increase the dynamic > range. You can take two photos, one light and one dark and combine them in > Photoshop. You can use Fred Miranda's Dynamic Range increase action that > you can buy for > $8.50 http://www.fredmiranda.com/shopping/catalogue.php?cat=7 He's got > lots of great actions for very cheap and they all work. > > I don't generally have too much of a problem with the dynamic range of the > Digilux or Lumix, though. Metering off of something that is about Zone 5 > helps. > > Tina > > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > photos available from: > www.pdiphotos.com > www.workbookstock.com > www.mira.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html