Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net> wrote: >On Mar 3, 2008, at 9:41 AM, leo wesson wrote: > >> Steve, >> >> In my experience, a digital neg has more latitude than a conventional >> negative. Plus 1, minus 1 stop, all well within the raw latitude. > > thanks Leo... so if I understand, the RAW IS affected by the light > settings, it's just that there is sufficient latitude so that > corrections can be successfully applied later... Yes. I typically use -1 stop exposure compensation to avoid losing detail in highlights, otherwise some white feather details would be lost, and where nessesary I can pull details out of the shadows much more readily than I can recover highlights beyond the right end of the histogram ;-) Doug Herr Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft? Windows? and Linux web and application hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting