Raw Editing Software Preferences

On Fri, 01 Dec 2006 15:56:52 GMT, "Thomas T. Veldhouse"
wrote:

LuvLatins wrote:
On Fri, 01 Dec 2006 14:48:48 GMT, "Thomas T. Veldhouse"
wrote:

Thus, it is
clearly better to shoot to the right in RAW

What does this mean ?

It means, if you shoot RAW, you should shoot as brightly exposed as possible
without blowing the highlights. The point is to capture the most information,
not to get the best in camera image. Then, when you get into your RAW
conversion, you pull more data from the highlights into the intended level of
detail. The reason this works to your advantage is that 50% of all the data
captured is in the brightest stop of the captured image [due to the fact that
each stop is double the light of the previous stop]. RAW images store linear
data, but image processing tools and all final image formats do not use linear
data [they eye does not see linearly].

Here is a great book on Amazon that does a pretty good job.

http://tinyurl.com/ykfhq9

Also, consider a photography seminar or two on this subject. John Shaw offers
a pretty good one [$199 weekend]. You might be happy to know that he is also
a Nikon fan, so his presentation reflects this to some degree.

Thanks just ordered the book Thanks. I also understand. Kind of like
push the camera right to the edge to collect data you cant even see
and then use post processing to perfect the final print. Clever

LuvLatins wrote:

Thanks just ordered the book Thanks. I also understand. Kind of like
push the camera right to the edge to collect data you cant even see
and then use post processing to perfect the final print. Clever

Sort of, yes. You can see the data ... it will possibly be brighter than you
want in your final image. It allows you to get the most detail out of your
RAW image.

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Thomas T. Veldhouse
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