Digital BW, The Print

> From: Anthony G. Atkielski [mailto:anthony@...]
>
> Just look at the EXIF data: the exposure compensation is given for each
> photo, and for most photos, there is a deliberate underexposure of from
> 1/3 to 2 stops.  Since deliberate underexposure in this way is only
> possible with operator intervention, I wondered why it was done.

The usual reason for such underexposure is that digicams clip highlights
hard, but shadows just descend into the noise. Therefore, you can generally
fix underexposure later, but not overexposure. I normally just leave my
Canon 10D set to -1 stop, to avoid blown highlights when I'm shooting
quickly. It's sensor is so quiet that I don't miss the 3db of S/N when I
bring the midtones up later in PS.

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
Paul                mailto:pderocco@...