You're right about the stage shots but that was ISO 3200 and the camera
was running on aperture preferred auto. If I even knew about exposing
to the right then I wasn't using that technique.
Chuck Norcutt
C.H.Ling wrote:
> For me, I prefer to use low ISO and avoid over exposure. As discussed in
> another thread, overexposed image never get perfect recovery, the color
> could be wrong. I think you still remember the problem of your stage shots,
> the histogram does not work well in all scene, it is just ok for even
> illuminated scenes, I prefer to check the highlight warning.
>
> I never had any problem to pull up the underexposed image from E-1, if I
> keep using ISO100 even images under two stops are ok.
>
> C.H.Ling
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Norcutt"
>
>> Since I shoot only raw I'm a proponent of "shooting to the right" so I
>> run the right end of the histogram to the edge (and maybe even slightly
>> beyond since I can recover it in post).
>> <http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/expose-right.shtml>
>> This does not necessarily produce a correct exposure but rather an
>> exposure that contains the maximal amount of information to allow
>> production of the correct exposure in post.
>>
>> I shoot in manual mode and usually start by exposing according to the
>> meter. I then adjust the exposure to shift the histogram to the far
>> right if necessary and leave the exposure setting until it appears that
>> the light has changed significantly (by watching the light and the
>> histogram).
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> Jim Nichols wrote:
>>> Chuck,
>>>
>>> What is your criteria for an acceptable histogram?
>>>
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
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