Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, your answer arrived when I posted mine. Agreed. Phil...x Tina Manley wrote: > Sorry - That should read: So with the M8 you want to underexpose > slightly to keep from blowing out those highlights that have less > details than the shadows. > > I don't think you could blow out the shadows unless you really > overexposed ;-) > > Tina > > > At 10:34 AM 10/9/2007, you wrote: > >> At 12:33 AM 10/9/2007, you wrote: >> >>> confusion is result of not kowing what camera type Tina is referring >>> to in each bit of her sentences - I tried to construe some >>> explanation and posted my answer for Tina to confirm, or deny. >>> Waiting then. >>> Yours >>> Phil...x >> >> >> According to my experience and everything I've read, all other >> digital cameras benefit by overexposing slightly - histogram should >> be heavy on the right. The Leica M8 is different because Leica >> changed the way shadows and highlights are compressed. The >> highlights have less information and the shadows have more. Leica >> has always been well-known for how well they handle shadows so this >> was a conscious decision on their part. They had to compress >> something and they chose to compress the highlights. So with the M8 >> you want to underexpose slightly to keep from blowing out those >> shadows that have less detail than the shadows. Histogram should be >> heavy on the left. I usually accomplish this by exposing for the >> shadows, but sometimes I also underexpose. I do always underexpose >> rather than using high ISOs with the M8. >> >> Clear as mud? >> >> 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >