Bruce Walker wrote:
On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 11:56 AM, Larry Colen<[email protected]> wrote:
Also, there are different exposure methodologies. [...]
If you're shooting raw, then you generally want to "expose
to the right", in order to preserve the highlights,
Come again? ETTR actually endangers highlights. It's the shadows that
ETTR is supposed to help with. I sometimes ETTL to avoid clipping
highlights and so preserve them--the exact opposite direction.
OK, I probably used the wrong term for looking at the histogram and
making sure that the tail of it goes as far to the right as possible
WITHOUT CLIPPING. If making sure that the brightest highlights are just
short of clipping is Expose to the left, then that is what I do.
... and then process for the
final image in post processing. This is particularly true on ISO invariant
cameras such as the K-1, K-3, K-5 ...
Erm, this practice is much less useful now with low noise high ISO
cameras like the K-5, K-3 and K-1. Unless you are really pushing the
limits. I never bother thinking about ETTR at all, ever. I just adjust
the exposure in post if I see fit.
That works for you. I think you might tend to shoot scenes with a bit
less dynamic range and better light than I do. When I'm shooting in the
studio and don't need to push past ISO 800, it's not generally such a
problem as it is when I'm shooting at dances and such.
Unfortunately, Pentax refuses to believe that people actually use their
cameras as anything but large, expensive point and shoots, and don't give
you a choice for what style of metering you want to optimize for.
Really, Larry. Do any of Nikon, Canon, Sony et al do better in this
regard? How is it Pentax's fault?
I don't have enough time shooting with Canon, Sony, Nikon etc. to know
how they do things. My little bit of experience with a Nikon D800 gave
me the impression that it is much better at focusing, and while I didn't
get much better final photos than with my K-3, it was a lot easier to
get that quality out in post processing. I haven't done a side by side
with the Nikon and the K-1.
One thing that I really like about Leica is that they do their histogram
off the raw data, not the jpeg.
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