[rollei_list] Re: OT auto exposure bracketing
- From: Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:25:41 -0400
Modern DSLRs now have contrast ranges in the area of 12-14 stops... there
are scenes which exceed this but it is the exception rather than the rule...
Eric Goldstein
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On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 4:15 PM, <Newhouse230@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> **
> I have used auto exposure bracketing on occasions where there is very
> contrasty lighting, well above the dynamic range of the digital camera to
> capture with a single exposure.
> I would then choose selected areas from the underexposed shot (which
> exposed the highlights well) and clone those 'better exposed' highlights on
> to areas of the 'normally exposed' shot.
> Kind of a poor mans HDR rendition.
> True HDR has not impressed me as it always seems to look artificial,
> but replacing blown highlights with a different capture that has some
> detail in those highlights is a reasonable approach I think.
>
> Regards,
> Charlie Silverman
>
> In a message dated 3/28/2012 2:16:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> dwilli10@xxxxxxx writes:
>
> At 02:53 AM 3/28/2012, Laurence wrote, in part:
>
> In practice shooting I would expect the entire capture process to take
> place on a fractions of a second time scale, which might preclude very
> active shots, but which would cover most normal shooting. It would in
> principle be similar to the automatic bracketing that some high end film
> cameras indulge in if you let them.
>
> All the best
>
> Laurence Cuffe
>
>
> The last couple of digital cameras I have had will automatically shoot at
> least 3 sequential shots under and over exposed by a value you can
> control. I haven't tried it yet, partly because I haven't needed to do it
> and partly because the documentation and options are beyond comprehension
> by the average human bean.
>
> DAW
>
>
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