If I made any claims about pushing shadows I'm unaware of it. Had I to
try and replicate your sample photo I'd probably have combined two or
more exposures. I shoot with a Canon 5D and have no practical
experience with 4/3 bodies and their limits. To each his own.
Chuck Norcutt
Dawid Loubser wrote:
> I don't fully agree with your statement, and *especialy* with the
> limited DR and higher noise of four
> thirds bodies. By optically taming dynamic range, or improving
> colour / contrast, you are not stuck
> with all sorts of noise artifacts which may appear when you expose in
> such a manner to preserve details
> in the sky.
>
> I must admit, when I shot digital, I used to always correct in post
> processing, but even with a C*non
> 1D MkIIN, which has vastly better DR and lower image noise than any
> four thirds body I've yet seen, I still
> ended up with many images which appear pleasing, but which fall apart
> if you look at any of the shadow
> details closely.
>
> And this was with very clean RAW files containing 10+ stops of
> information. Now, with me using colour slide
> film with about 5 stops, I have no choice but to correct optically,
> but am rewarded with images of
> much better quality.
>
> Simple example: This image has a dynamic range of well over 10 stops,
> i.e. sky looking straight into the sun,
> and a very very dark valley at the bottom of a waterfall. By exposing
> for lighting in-between the
> highlights and the shadows, and by using a 2-stop grad ND filter, I
> have produced an image with clean
> detail everywhere (except for the stupid ND filter producing a
> secondary sun reflection) and I imagine
> that this sort fo thing will greatly benefit any digital shot as well.
>
> http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs48/f/2009/191/b/1/Berlin_Falls_by_philosomatographer.jpg
>
> Only with cameras in the Nikon D3-class and better (i.e. many Medium
> Format Digital Backs) would I be
> comfortable in pushing shadows as much as what you are claiming. Sure,
> it's possible, but image quality will
> suffer...
>
>
> On 19 Oct 2009, at 1:00 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> Sounds to me like you're spending a lot of money to do what can be
>> done
>> quickly and free in the digital darkroom.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
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