Digital BW, The Print

I wrote a piece 'Digital Exposure: Getting it Right' in March 2004 that 
said much the same:

http://photography.about.com/cs/digital/a/a030104.htm

And there wasn't much original in it at the time!

This kind of advice has been around for a long time, but yes, if there 
are still people around who haven't read it, then they should do so.

I even come across photographers occasionally who don't realise the 
advantages of shooting raw despite me and others writing about it over 
two years ago. And it is still being debated on some lists.

Regards,

Peter

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Steve Kale wrote:

>This should be compulsory reading for anyone with a digital camera.
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>>From: John Vitollo <jvlist@...>
>>Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
>>Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 20:00:24 -0000
>>To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
>>Subject: [Digital BW] Metering for Digital was:....Digital vs scan for BW
>>Print
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>>There is an interesting thread over at the Adobe Camera Raw forums regarding
>>how metering 
>>with digital is different than film. The gist of the info provided, by Jeff
>>Schewe and Bruce 
>>Fraser, is using a spot meter and exposure to the right is the way to go since
>>the last 1/5 of 
>>the histogram holds nearly half of all the recorded info. Basically expose for
>>the highlights all
>>the way to the right. But most digital cameras histograms are not that
>>accurate...as it 
>>interprets a rendered jpeg file and leaves safe head room to hold highlight
>>detail...meaning 
>>purposely underexposing.
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>>It's a long thread and the metering discussion begins at post #20
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>>http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?7@...1heBscCKO.22@.
>>3bb6a869.3bbb1172/24
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