I don't foresee that I'll be converted to your method but I will have to
give it a try one of these days by shooting the same pano in manual and
aperture priority mode so I can make a direct comparison.
Chuck Norcutt
On 4/29/2012 2:39 PM, Mike Lazzari wrote:
>> It works but don't you think you've lost something? Based on the shutter
>> speeds the three scenes should exhibit overall gradients of 1,
>> 1-1/3 and 2-2/3 stops. But they don't.
> Lost? I've gained data in the areas that would have been blown. And
> frankly IMHO a steep gradient in an image tends to look unnatural, a la
> polarizer. The gradient you're talking about does exist en sitio and
> also would exist in the photo if shot in manual mode and if using
> technology able to capture the full range of data. My E620 isn't there.
> So we have to compress the data. Kinda like our eyes do. I probably
> could have shot one of those pans in manual mode but why bother? And I
> prefer the compressed image with a reduced gradient.
>
> Mike
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