It's not the cost of storage, it's the amount of time spent in reviewing multiple images! Larry, I don't agree with your original statement that early Pentax cameras were bad at metering, the vast majority of the images I shot with my *ist-D did not need much, if any, exposure adjustment in PP. I have always shot raw rather than jpeg in order to have the capability of adjusting if needed, so maybe that helps: I've also normally used spot-metering in order to ensure that the area I am most interested in is correctly exposed. IIRC, the adage when shooting slides was "Take care of the highlights and the shadows will look after themselves", and I have a feeling that also applies to digital photography. Generally, trying to bring down highlights does not work well at all, whereas one can usually lift shadows acceptably.
John in Brisbane -----Original Message----- From: PDML <[email protected]> On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, 12 March 2020 3:16 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Exposure techniques Storage is down to about $25 per terabyte, storage isn't much of a problem On March 11, 2020 10:01:51 AM PDT, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: >If you shoot RAW, much more tonal data is preserved. Nothing is >clipped. >Incorrectly exposed images can usually be brought up in PP. In fact >you do edit the unwanted images on the camera. If you shoot RAW, there >is only one image to edit, albeit on the computer. I agree that if you >discard the unwanted imaged in the camera there won't be a storage >problem. If you use a K1, the stored images are huge compared to a K5. > >Alan C > >On 11-Mar-20 03:32 PM, Dale H. Cook wrote: >> On 3/11/2020 5:54 AM, Alan C wrote: >> >>> Everything you say is probably quite true but I find it is easy >>> enough to do any corrections at the PP stage so I don't get too >>> carried away with the technicalities. >> >> PP cannot correct clipping - once data is clipped it is gone. >> >>> Bracketing everything is a solution but it must shorten the life of >>> the camera & triples the editing process, not to mention the storage > >>> space needed. >> >> Storage is cheap compared to glass. I do fine with 64 gb because I >> very seldom shoot video. Bracketing does not require more editing - >> after shooting I look at the BW and color histograms in the camera >and >> keep only the best (and not clipped) images. >> >> I try to do as little as possible in post - I prefer to get the best >> image in camera. > > >-- >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. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- 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. -- 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.
