[Leica] Question about M8 exposure

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

Geoff,

That is a very good illustration.  I have been doing some experimenting 
myself after I blew the highlights in a cat photo last week.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geoff Hopkinson" <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au>
To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 5:58 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] Question about M8 exposure


> Ted this is an unusual situation clearly but you can see that it can work.
> This was with M8 set to + .66. There was no clipping in the Raw file all.
> The camera preview did show some clipping. The outside white canvas is a
> useful comparison. I wanted snow that was white but with no loss of detail
> there. Printed large this has magnificent subtle highlight tones.
> Anyone can save the photos and look at the EXIF and histograms if they 
> wish.
> First a straight conversion from the DNG to show how the highlights were
> captured.
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/usa/e/h/As+shot.jpg.html>
> Second the final image.
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/usa/e/h/Developed+for+highlights.jpg.
> html>
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/
> Pick up your camera and make the best photo you can.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Question about M8 exposure
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> Lee offered:
>> Seth recommended, therefore, setting the exposure compensation in most
> cameras to +1/3 or +2/3 of a stop. I have used this with all my Canons and
> Leica's (digital) with good results.<<<<<<<<
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> Gene responded:
>>>Interesting, as I have found that using +1/3 to +2/3 EV blows out the
> highlights tremendously with my M8, whereas using -1/3 to -2/3 EV provides
> more information to work with. <<<<
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> Hi Gene & Lee,
> I'm the first to admit I'm not a technical whiz about all this stuff by 
> long
> shot. However after my discussions with Tina and she showing me exposure
> adjustments at the Leica Seminar in Rockport it sure opened my eyes to 
> these
> adjustments.
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> +1/3 & +2/3 wow!
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> Lee I have to question what you are saying about +1/3 or +2/3 over 
> exposure?
> Is there a wild possibility you might have this reversed? If I were to do
> this I'd lose frame after frame blown out! I just tried it with my M8 and 
> a
> Canon and it blew everything to hell and back! Like stuff was almost
> completely washed out all over the place.
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> When I returned them to my normal shooting settings.. -1/3 & -2/3 BINGO!
> Right back to as perfect as I like them to look and capture information. 
> And
> they print beautifully withal the stuff there I want to see.
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> So is it possible there is an error or misunderstanding in using + or - ?
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> Over to you guys,
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