Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Oct 8, 2007, at 12:57 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > At 03:33 PM 10/8/2007, you wrote: >> Tina, >> >> I knew of the under-exposure trick and use it to protect the >> highlights when I can. >> You're now referring to another school advocating over-exposure. >> Could you sum up what the rationale is as it goes against my own >> experience.of blow out highlights. >> TIA >> Phil..x > > Hi, Phil - All other digital cameras, except the Leica M8, give > better details in the shadows if you overexpose slightly. There is > more information in the highlights that can be rescued using ACR or > Lightroom's Recovery slider - or similar software by other > manufacturers - when you shoot Raw. From everything I've read the > shadows suffer more from underexposure than the highlights do from > overexposure. This is the opposite of what everybody expected > because we're used to working with slide film and exposing for the > highlights. Think back to B&W film and expose for the shadows > seems to be the rationale for digital. Except Leica, who, it > seems, took advantage of the ability to compress the highlights > more than the shadows to make smaller files. I was marvelling Tina at how lucid your explanation is... then I found I am more confused... as it seems you were leading us toward routine underexposure settings for the M8.... Steve > > Tina > > Tina Manley > ASMP, NPPA, EP, PI > http://www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information