Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank, I won't dispute what you say at all. Both are true ! Probably like many others, I have my D70's little LCD screen more or less permanently set to the "display histogram" mode :-) I can't directly translate in my head a histogram into the visual appearance of a photo, but I imagine I'll get there soon enough. For now, I generally just shoot raw and try to "expose to the right" while avoiding blown highlights. From there, should I have the motivation and energy, alot can be tweaked during RAW conversion. Maybe if I were more careful, I'd use the D70's spot meter on the highlights and adjust exposure from there, but I haven't spent the time to master that technique yet. But you got to hand it to film where some crappy exposures can often be molded into nice photos in the darkroom. On this very list, I believe, I've read that HCB himself - patron saint of we Leica users - guestimated exposure often and relied on a tight relationship with a master printer. Now, that's not me. I use a nice metered M6TTL and have 2 Sekonic meters I'll sometimes use in incident mode "just in case" :-) Scott Frank Dernie wrote: > I don't dispute that Scott but still insist that blown highlights in > digital is a result of overexposure. Wrong exposure leads to loss of > information on film and digital. The reputation digital has for poor > dynamic range is ill deserved IME. The problem is the exposure meter :-) > Frank > > On 7 Feb, 2006, at 20:39, Scott McLoughlin wrote: > >> Kind folk, >> >> IIRC, the intended operative phrase was the one that immediately >> followed - ...blown highlights "...that can't be burned in." >> >> Just pointing out that once the information is gone, e.g, once you get >> xFFFFFF, that's it. >> >> Scott >> >> feli wrote: >> >>>> On 7 Feb, 2006, at 05:09, Scott McLoughlin wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Digital brings >>>>> blown highlights >>>>> >>> >>> >>> Better than slidefilm, not as good as negative film. >>> With digital you expose for the highlights and you're ok. >>> 5 years from now, it will probably no longer be an issue. >>> I'm starting to think that the megapixel wars are over and >>> expanded dynamic range is the next frontier. >>> >>> >>> feli >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ------------------ >>> Feli di Giorgio feli2@earthlink.net >>> www.elanphotos.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> -- >> Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps >> Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 >> (Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act) >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 -- Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 (Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act)