Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]But it's not just adjustment with PS or development time, David, there's simply more 'there there' in the shadows of the digital image. On 1/16/06 7:41 PM, "David Rodgers" <drodgers@casefarms.com> wrote: > I think I know what you mean. When I shoot digital I'm more worried > about losing highlight detail, so I underexpose. The shadows look dark, > but can be pulled out in PS. It's almost magical how they can just > appear. > > I take the opposite approach when shooting bw film. I expose for the > shadows. But I can't just tweak the highlights by adjusting a slider. I > have to adjust development. > > DaveR > > -----Original Message----- > From: B. D. Colen [mailto:bdcolen@comcast.net] > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 4:57 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: Noisy digital shadows - was: Re: [Leica] re: digital > treadmill > > I'm sure I can't explain it correctly, David, all I can tell you is that > my > standard iso with film and digital is 800 - I do a tremendous amount of > shooting in crappy light. And I am getting more shadow details with > digital > than I got with film. And every photographer I've spoken to off this > list > who shoots in similar circumstances has noted the same thing. I believe > we've had this discussion here before, and one of our technostars > explained > this. > > > On 1/16/06 4:03 PM, "David Rodgers" <drodgers@casefarms.com> wrote: > >> B.D. >> >>>> ....one of the reasons that I've gone with digital, is that >> digital tends to capture more information in low light than does > film.<< >> >> You're going to have to explain that one to me. I always though that > the >> amount of information in low light -- or "shadow detail" for those of > us >> in the Pleistocene Era -- depended on exposure? As far as I know >> negative film still beats a DSLR in dynamic range. >> >> DaveR >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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