Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/18

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Subject: [Leica] Re: "the dynamic range of digital"
From: nathan at nathanfoto.com (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Mon Sep 18 21:59:20 2006
References: <5.1.0.14.2.20060917120907.00c146b0@mail.2alpha.com> <97bf1ae46794c0dc40bd7c1aaceb2fec@earthlink.net>

I too find that I get more range out of the 1D Mk. 2 than I did with 
film. It is amazing how much can be recovered during the conversion from 
RAW to TIFF. This is why I shoot RAW 100% of the time.

Nathan

Douglas Herr wrote:
> On Sep 17, 2006, at 2:08 PM, Peter Klein wrote:
>
>> This was a situation where the dynamic range issues of digital bit me 
>> hard.
>
> I wish people would specify _which_ digital camera they're working 
> with.  I find the dynamic range of digital never "bites" me; more 
> often than not it saves my butt.
>
> BTW, following my own advice... my digital camera is the DMR.
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
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In reply to: Message from pklein at 2alpha.net (Peter Klein) ([Leica] Actual photos, not taken with an M8)
Message from telyt at earthlink.net (Douglas Herr) ("the dynamic range of digital" (was: Re: [Leica] Actual photos, not taken with an M8))