I use Photomatix HDR and I like the variety of controls. But my G12 has its
own HDR setting, and the E-PL2 has its own "dramatic" art filter.
But the best results are either with a good range of exposures, using a tripod,
with restrained use of the colours.
Chris
On 19 Apr 2011, at 18:54, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
> Brian,
> I haven't tried any in-camera HDR since my E-500 obviously doesn't have
> it, but I have used a trial version of Photomatix HDR. The E-500 has a menu
> setting that will take three images (1 normal, one stop under & 1 stop
> over). I have also manually shot 7-8 images with a variety of over/under
> exposure depending on what I thought the image would need. Over all the
> software worked well but I find it is something to very easily over do. The
> images look very dramatic but scream artificial. To my taste it is best used
> to draw out details in an area that is under/over exposed but still retain a
> natural image.
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