Ahhhh .... something worth noting. Very glad you mentioned this. Shel
> [Original Message] > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi >> http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/bmw_noise.jpg >> http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/pic_noise.jpg > The DS exposure calibrations are set for the in-camera JPEG > rendering, where blown highlights can be very bad. If you are saving > exposures in RAW format, opening up by +0.3 to +0.7 EV usually nets > much better results due to the much greater dynamic range overhead > available.

