Digital BW, The Print

David, That's true, but it all starts with exposure. Without out an exposure
there is nothing. So while RAW allows you to make a better image than JPEG,
which I am not suggesting as a format to use, the exposure is where it all
starts; that gives you some data to work with. Exposure compensation is
nothing more than the Zone system.  Having made wonderful prints for years
from all sorts of negatives and digital files, a properly exposed file will
print with very little effort. On the other hand, one that is far less than
perfect can still produce prints that the average person will not be able
see the tremendous amount of effort used to fix it. Nor will they ever know
that there was a difference between the two.

 

If you want to equate RAW with a recoverable file that the viewer can't tell
you spend great effort to fix with giving you something, than fine. But I'll
take a properly made capture any day over the information given to me that
needs fixing.  

 

Also the part about more than you can use in LR, suggest that LR has good
noise handling which those that have spent anytime with noise reduction
software would admit that several noise reduction software that are superior
to LR's noise reduction. And it is the low exposure values that film is
still better at than most digital cameras being used. 

 

 

Eric Neilsen

Eric Neilsen Photography

4101 Commerce Street, Suite 9

Dallas, TX 75226

 

www.ericneilsenphotography.com

skype me with ejprinter

 

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From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of C D Tobie
Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 7:26 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: photos by Jean-Michel Berts

 

  


On Nov 16, 2009, at 8:17 AM, E.Neilsen wrote:

> David, RAW is a format that allows for more information to be 
> maintained but
> it gives you nothing in terms of exposure. If you screw up your 
> exposure it
> is still screwed

If you blow out the highlights, RAW will offer modest improvements in 
other areas when you attempt to patch of that lack of data at the very 
top. But for any other exposure issue, say underexposing, RAW offers 
(depending on the camera and settings) anywhere from a minor to a 
major amount of extra data, and can allow corrections of as much as 
three stops worth of exposure compensation. Thats a pretty big 
advantage; but only advantageous if you actually make adjustments to 
the highbit file.

C. David Tobie
Global Product Technology Manager
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
CDTobie@datacolor. <mailto:CDTobie%40datacolor.com> com

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