On 2019-03-10 7:35 a.m., Bruce Williams wrote:
> As for dark areas being recoverable, my experience is that when it comes to
> digital, darks recover much better than highlights.
Quite so, Bruce.
Mine too.
To make a point with a pixel-count obsessed friend (who is currently drooling
over the the Leica Q2 which has 47 Megapixels in a full frame format for a
$5,000 he can't afford [and nether can I]) I picked up an old Canon G5 at a
thrifts store. Old hardware, old 5Mpxl sensor, old software.
I've had some fun with it and if you work within its limits its a good camera.
It does shoot RAW and Darktable is happy with it. But it needs a blue shift
compensation and tends to underexpose, and doesn't offer a lot of dynamic range.
There is a LOT hidden in its shadow detail.
To get the highlights AND the lowlights take a fair bit of mask-juggling.
But there is ALWAYS more in the shadow than the highlights.
This may be an extreme example, aggravated by the lack of dynamic range, but it
hold true with my other, later model and much more advanced and capable digital
cameras, Fuji and Sony.
--
Only the refusal to listen guarantees one against being ensnared by the truth.
--Nozick
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