Robert Coe wrote in
:

On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:10:14 -0700 (PDT), RichA
wrote:
: Rendering of dark areas. This is a shot from Dpreview's new gallery
: of pre-production test images from the Canon 5DIII. 3200 ISO. I
: raised the illumination level 25% beyond theirs. Look at the black
: background. Film doesn't produce that ugly, mottled effect. It
: simply goes black, which means all the silver/dye simply washed away
: leaving the base of the film.
: (Typo corrected at no additional charge)

Your favorite photo editor will let you blacken the shadows of your
digital images as much as your heart desires. And blow out the
highlights too, if that's what you want (e.g., if that's what you were
trying to achieve by jacking up the illumination level).

Bob


The highlights held fine. I can pretty much guarantee the background
wasn't pitch black to human eyes in that photo shoot.