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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Casual Portrait...now RAW
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Mon Mar 3 12:20:13 2008
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On Mar 3, 2008, at 9:57 AM, leo wesson wrote:

> Steve,
>
> Yes, the histogram has a 0 and a 255, that's what's important and  
> that's
> what is affected by exposure. I'm not sure that there is a "right" in
> digital.  Except for shooting raw, that's always right.

if that is the case, doesn't it imply that there is no need to set  
aperture or time for exposure ?


why bother ?

Steve





>  I will often
> process my raw at different settings and combine them for extended  
> details.
> There are a lot of wrongs however...
>
>
> Leo Wesson
> Photographer/Videographer
> 817.733.9157
>
> On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 10:48 AM, Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net>  
> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Mar 3, 2008, at 9:41 AM, leo wesson wrote:
>>
>>> Steve,
>>>
>>> In my experience, a digital neg has more latitude than a  
>>> conventional
>>> negative.  Plus 1, minus 1 stop, all well within the raw latitude.
>>
>> thanks Leo... so if I understand, the RAW IS affected by the light
>> settings, it's just that there is sufficient latitude so that
>> corrections can be successfully applied later...
>>
>>
>> if it's not "right",
>>
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>> as we do with film negatives...
>>
>>
>> is this correct?
>>
>> Steve
>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Leo Wesson
>>> Photographer/Videographer
>>> 817.733.9157
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 9:27 AM, Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mar 3, 2008, at 8:14 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> As far as I know, it is.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I am somehow having trouble with this Jayanand...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> as this says that camera settings affecting the amount of light
>>>> hitting the sensor, do not change the "negative"...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> but we all know that a true film negative is altered by these
>>>> setttings.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Since RAW is the digital negative, why is that not also affected ?
>>>>
>>>> Anyone ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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>>
>> best, Steve Barbour
>> "I never wanted to be famous" out soon.
>> kididdoc@cox.net
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> -- 
> Leo Wesson
> Photographer/Videographer
> 817.733.9157
>
> _______________________________________________
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best, Steve Barbour
"I never wanted to be famous" out soon.
kididdoc@cox.net
















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