Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina Manley wrote: > At 07:07 PM 9/11/2007, you wrote: >> So, when shooting the M8, err on the side of underexposure; if >> the historgram starts at 125 and goes to the left you still can have an >> outstanding image. > > But have you tried it the other way? Supposedly the shadows will have > much less noise and the highlights that look blown are not really if > you expose so the histogram goes to the right. I haven't experimented > enough to know yet, but I will. > > Tina In my DMR experience, this works well. Exposing so that the histogram is as far to the right as possible w/o clipping highlights usually gives the best overall print quality. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com