Noisy digital shadows - was: Re: [Leica] re: digital treadmill

[phong at doan-ltd.com (Phong)]

Tina Manley wrote:
> I've seen some incredible examples using 
> Photoshop CS2's HDR action.  I haven't used that because you need two 
> photos, one exposed for the highlights and one for the shadows, so 
> you'd have to use a tripod.  That's not my kind of shooting, but I 
> did merge one "developed" for the highlights and one "developed" for 
> the shadows in Adobe Camera Raw.  Here are the results:
> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/why_raw
>
> I can get a lot more range with digital than I ever could with film.


You could have used the very same trick to "extend" the
dynamic range of film too, no ?

I do shoot in RAW 99% of the time.

- Phong