All helpful stuff. I understand (generally) the advantages of shooting Raw and intend to sort it out all day Sunday; (camera shop closed). I'm looking forward to my impression at the end of the day. This all may give me a reality prospective when the 10mp becomes avail.
Jack --- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sounds about right. > > Pentax sensibly calibrates the metering on the DSLRs for JPEG capture > > to protect you from highlight saturation, which generally means a > little less than what you might expect for a film camera exposure of > > the same ISO. This results in well-saturated midtones and colors with > > minimal highlight blowout, and a little headroom for image > processing. You have much more leeway when capturing in RAW format, > where you can stand adding up to 1.3EV more exposure, depending upon > > the scene dynamics, for best results. > > Godfrey > > On Mar 13, 2006, at 8:11 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > > > The images opened in PS at 17.2mb and are decent. The setting was > *** > > at 200 ISO. > > They all appeared to be slightly under exposed, but easily handled > in > > PS. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jack > > --- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Presuming the camera was set to full resolution and JPEG *** > (Fine) > >> quality, that sounds about right. > >> As long as the exposure was on the mark and the scenes you shot > >> weren't too difficult with contrast, you should have decent > pictures. > >> > >> Godfrey > >> > >> > >> On Mar 13, 2006, at 2:45 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > >> > >>> Group, > >>> Just shot 9 fine jpg images which yielded files in the 'prox > range > >> of > >>> 2.5mb to 3.5mb. Shot no RAW. > >>> I know that there was a discussion on this topic several months > >> ago, > >>> but what might I expect in the way of mb with such a file > setting? > >>> Local photo shop has a few DL's and offered one to play with. I > >> shot a > >>> few frames which they transferred to a CD and gave it to me to > >> piddle > >>> with. > >> > >> > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
