----- Original Message ----- From: "Kostas Kavoussanakis" Subject: Re: Another Pentax Story
>> >>> Well, I can't shoot underexposed to get darker images and darker >>> shadows as I've done in the past without incurring gobs of noise >>> that ruin the image. >> >> A couple of the people I hang with, one is a third generation >> portrait >> guy, have mentioned that digital seems to fall apart somewhere around >> Zone III. >> They note both excessive noise and a loss of shadow detail due to >> blocking up. > > Without first-hand experience[1], I think that we are confusing > exposure and outcome. Yep, shoot to the right to include a lot of > information on the digital negative. Then post-process as you like to > produce the image that you prefer. > Exposure controls outcome. If you overexpose digital (I presume this is what you mean by shoot to the right), then you will likely blow out highlights, and still have the problem of noisy, blocked up shadows. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
