On Jul 4, 2006, at 10:09 AM, Jens Bladt wrote: > I didn't know there was a different mindset for digital - except for > trying > harder to avoid overexposure/blown out highlights. I usually regard > JPEGs as > slides, RAW as negs. > I have BTW noticed that I'm not the only one who normally underexposes > deliberately by 0.3-0.5 F-stop. (I shoot RAW 99% of the time).
While others do it too, you're going about it in the wrong direction. I recommended before that you meter your highlights and place them at the high-end of what the camera can record -- use the spot meter -- and this will give you a better overall image, and less time spent on post-production. RAW files are like negs, but you still get the best print by exposing to each particular negative film's strengths. Just because a negative has a lot of latitude and can make an acceptable print from a lousy exposure, that doesn't make the lousy exposure the ideal way of exposing. -Aaron -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
