Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bob, My opinion is that the LCD on both the Leica D2 or the Nikon D100 should not be relied upon for much, if anything, other than to confirm that your camera made an exposure of something toward which you pointed it. If I correctly understand what the experts are suggesting, the digital sensors in most, if not all current DSLRs or hi-end P/S lack the exposure latitude of a quality negative film. That's very hard for me to detect after exposure on a tiny screen. With both cameras, it certainly has been my experience that one must pay particular attention to proper placement of the Zone V exposure point in high contrast lighting situations, lest the highlights get blown out. I've been told that the proper way to resolve this dilemma with digital is to make one exposure for the highlights, another for the shadows and then, somehow, combine the two using layers technology of Photoshop. That's just too fussy for me, so I must admit I haven't gotten there, yet... Len -- (snip) Being comparatively new to digital, I placed too much trust in the LCD monitor. It misled me recently as to what is really on the image file. So you are right. We learn something new everyday in photography. It seems that the only information we can believe on the monitor is the actual view of the image -- but I'm even suspicious of that now. Bob Bob _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information