In a message dated 11/13/2007 5:27:31 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I find this interesting, because I've always wondered what people were referring to when they complained about vertical banding. I've posted 200% sections of the two black shirts. The exposure speed here is probably closer to ISO 1000, even though these were shot at ISO 500. To avoid losing highlights in the background I had to underexpose the foreground a bit and then brighten the shadows and midrange in conversion. I'm sure I pushed them up close to a full stop. With this extreme magnification I can see the colors that make up the black coming apart. I think it's a stretch to call it vertical banding. It's normal digital noise, what you'd get with almost any camera at this high an ISO. The only way I've ever been able to see something that actually looked like banding was shooting the inside of the lens cap and pushing it umpteen stops. Here are the clips: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6635580 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6635578 Paul
============== I really didn't notice it in the original photo. Maybe some people have better monitors than I do. And I can only just see it in your extreme close ups. I've had banding in shots (with Canon) at high ISO and it's much more obvious than that. Marnie aka Doe --------------------------------------------- Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
