Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/11

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Subject: [Leica] Unsworth w33/now expos comp M8
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Tue Sep 11 17:47:11 2007
References: <C30A2BE8.F9FB%lug@steveunsworth.co.uk> <07E896C2-1F84-41D3-833D-7C123FC25190@cox.net> <9b678e0709111607i48508614se6f0551bb6d41994@mail.gmail.com>

At 07:07 PM 9/11/2007, you wrote:
>So, when shooting the M8, err on the side of underexposure; if
>the historgram starts at 125 and goes to the left you still can have an
>outstanding image.

But have you tried it the other way?  Supposedly the shadows will 
have much less noise and the highlights that look blown are not 
really if you expose so the histogram goes to the right.  I haven't 
experimented enough to know yet, but I will.

Tina

Tina Manley
ASMP, NPPA, EP, PI
http://www.tinamanley.com 


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