On 29 Oct 2005 at 10:48, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Hi Steve ... > > Essentially, set the exposure comp to 1/3 to 2/3 stop ~over~ exposure. > You'll see fried highlights on the LCD screen, but that's just from the low > quality JPEG. When looking at the files in the RAW converter, little, and > most > often nothing, is burnt out (I've not yet come across any frame that had fried > highlights). The raw files have a lot more latitude than the viewed JPEGs. > I'd > say - perhaps somewhat exaggerated - working with RAW and JPEG is like using > color neg vs slide film. Anyway, the idea is to get more detail and > information > in the darker parts of the image and deal with the highlights in the post > processing.
This is a bit like déjà vu :-) It's good to hear that you are starting to understand and appreciate the tool. Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
