Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > At 01:10 AM 1/15/2009, you wrote: > >I have noticed that most of the M8 images posted here have exposure > >compensation of -1/3 stop or -2/3 stop applied to them. Is there any > >particular reason for doing that? I have not noticed any tendency for > >my M8 to overexpose (I shoot on aperture priority and auto > ISO most of > >the time). > > > >Cheers, > >Nathan > > I usually, but not always, use -1/3. I think digital exposures are > more like slide film than negative film so I expose for the > highlights instead of the shadows. > > Tina if you shoot RAW you lose a lot of information that way which could be useful during post-processing. You significantly reduce the dynamic range you have available. I 'expose to the right' of the histogram. Sounds like the sort of question tailors ask their gentlemen customers. Regards Bob