[Leica] Question about M8 exposure

[hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (Geoff Hopkinson)]

Ted this is an unusual situation clearly but you can see that it can work.
This was with M8 set to + .66. There was no clipping in the Raw file all.
The camera preview did show some clipping. The outside white canvas is a
useful comparison. I wanted snow that was white but with no loss of detail
there. Printed large this has magnificent subtle highlight tones.
Anyone can save the photos and look at the EXIF and histograms if they wish.
First a straight conversion from the DNG to show how the highlights were
captured.
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/usa/e/h/As+shot.jpg.html>
Second the final image.
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/usa/e/h/Developed+for+highlights.jpg.
html>

Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/
Pick up your camera and make the best photo you can.

-----Original Message-----
Subject: Re: [Leica] Question about M8 exposure

 

Lee offered:
> Seth recommended, therefore, setting the exposure compensation in most
cameras to +1/3 or +2/3 of a stop. I have used this with all my Canons and
Leica's (digital) with good results.<<<<<<<<

Gene responded:
>>Interesting, as I have found that using +1/3 to +2/3 EV blows out the
highlights tremendously with my M8, whereas using -1/3 to -2/3 EV provides
more information to work with. <<<<

Hi Gene & Lee,
I'm the first to admit I'm not a technical whiz about all this stuff by long
shot. However after my discussions with Tina and she showing me exposure
adjustments at the Leica Seminar in Rockport it sure opened my eyes to these
adjustments.

+1/3 & +2/3 wow!

Lee I have to question what you are saying about +1/3 or +2/3 over exposure?
Is there a wild possibility you might have this reversed? If I were to do
this I'd lose frame after frame blown out! I just tried it with my M8 and a
Canon and it blew everything to hell and back! Like stuff was almost
completely washed out all over the place.

When I returned them to my normal shooting settings.. -1/3 & -2/3 BINGO!
Right back to as perfect as I like them to look and capture information. And
they print beautifully withal the stuff there I want to see.

So is it possible there is an error or misunderstanding in using + or - ?

Over to you guys,

 

ted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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