Greg,

Thanks - that makes sense.  I just checked and the relative proportions of
the Firefly HDR are substantially different than the relative proportions of
the Canon HDR - bummer.  Looks like I will need to figure out a way to
calculate ISO to input into the header.  What does Photosphere need in the
EXIF header for best accuracy?

(Make and model)
Shutter speed
F stop
ISO 

Anything else? 


Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg
Integrated Design Lab ­ Boise, Director
College of Art & Architecture, Assistant Professor
University of Idaho ­ Boise Center
www.uidaho.edu/idl 

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From: "Gregory J. Ward" <[email protected]>
Reply-To: High Dynamic Range Imaging <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:41:26 -0700
To: High Dynamic Range Imaging <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HDRI] Accuracy issue from Firefly MV in Photosphere

If your relative proportions are accurate, that means Photosphere is doing a
good job of solving for the system response.  However, there's no way for it
to solve for the absolute calibration.  It just uses a value that is
approximate based on ISO, which it sounds like you don't know.  Select a
region you've measured and use the "Apply" button to calibrate against your
measured luminance.  Use the dialog option to save this factor for your
camera and you should be good from then on.  (You'll need to be consistent
about the camera make, model, and version in your added Exif header,
though.)

-Greg

> From: Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg <[email protected]>
> Date: June 17, 2011 2:55:00 PM PDT
> 
> Greg,
> 
> Thanks for the reply.  My errors are in absolute terms.  I have a Minolta
luminance meter and a Macbeth grey card in the middle of the scene.  I am also
doing comparisons of absolute luminance values produced by the FireFly as
compared to the luminance results from my Canon camera on images captured at the
same time of the same scene.  I have high confidence in my Canon results from
previous validations.  The HDR that Photosphere resolves for the Firefly at
first look reasonable within the scene ­ it has logical variation in luminance
values.  It is the absolute errors that I am worried about.
> 
> Thanks!

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