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Subject: [Leica] black cats, metering and zone system
From: luisripoll at telefonica.net (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Fri Jan 23 14:07:21 2009
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Thank you very much George, this is certainly a strong attractive  
point for me to play with the M8, will try!

Saludos cordiales
lluis


El 23/01/2009, a las 22:57, George Lottermoser escribi?:

> the simple answer = yes
> using "curves" in Light Room or Photoshop
> will give you a whole lot of control
>
> the caveat = if the information hasn't been captured
> as in "blown highlights"
>
> One of the many reasons to do this test with your digital camera
> is to discover at what high point or low point you will fail to  
> capture useable image data.
>
> At the moment that you've completed the series of exposures
> you will see how useful the test is in the digital realm.
>
> it is, in my opinion, every bit as useful to digital as it is to film;
> however, more akin to the slide film,
> "expose for the highlights and post process for the shadows"
> as aposed to the film negative approach,
> "expose for the shadows and develop for the highlights."
>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george@imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
> Picture A Week - www.imagist.com/paw_07
>
>
>
>
> On Jan 23, 2009, at 3:41 PM, Lluis Ripoll wrote:
>
>> On digital I don't know how can you apply the different developping  
>> times, and of course we can't neither apply different developers,  
>> water bath etc.., etc.. as he does.
>>
>> Is there a way?
>
>
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