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Subject: [Leica] Underexposing Leica M8
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Tue Oct 9 08:37:11 2007
References: <7.0.1.0.2.20071008084025.024fcc10@comporium.net> <662F5B7D-743D-49AB-A925-72005EA6B397@comcast.net> <59E35F91-354F-4AE6-ABC0-6754BD4812A1@cox.net> <7.0.1.0.2.20071008124156.025aee30@comporium.net> <470A8622.9070306@numericable.fr> <7.0.1.0.2.20071008155140.02590170@comporium.net> <470A91B5.8040306@numericable.fr> <716F6072-6708-4379-A286-9C13513F0BD4@cox.net> <470B04B4.40902@numericable.fr> <200710091434.AEA50246@rg4.comporium.net> <470B9F1B.5090204@numericable.fr>
At 11:32 AM 10/9/2007, you wrote:
>No mud inside Tina - seems clear to me.
>I share the same experience with the L1 (Digilux 3 cousin on the
>Matsushita branch of the family tree, this might be why) as you with the
>M8.
>
>I consequently and deliberately underexpose (through compensation,
>ie. shorter times/faster speed most of the times) until I can get
>the highlights acceptable.
>Back home, LR or SilkPix do the job for me when I want to restaure
>some light in the shadows.
>
>Where I don't understand your explanation of underexposure is when
>you say you measure light on the shadows, the road or the grass.
Not measuring shadows - measuring where it's about zone 5 - medium
gray - not shadows, not highlights.
Gotta run - be back on line later.
Tina
Tina Manley
ASMP, NPPA, EP, PI
http://www.tinamanley.com
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