I found that highlight correction yields quite a bit more overhead, but I haven't really needed it. I don't test, but I do shoot a lot. And after shooting more than 1000 frames with the k-5, I find that I almost never encounter a histogram that touches the edges of the scale in either direction, so I have plenty of latitude to work with. Paul On Dec 8, 2010, at 5:50 AM, SV Hovland wrote:
> You could turn on highlight correction. It will probably give you 2 stops of > highlight overhead and with the low shadow noise on K-5 there is little to > loose. > > Stig Vidar Hovland > > > ________________________________________ > Fra: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] på vegne av Miserere > [miser...@gmail.com] > Sendt: 8. desember 2010 09:33 > Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Emne: Massaging K-5 RAW files > > I was surprised to find out the K-5 only has 1 stop of highlight > overhead because I thought my K10D had a bit more than that. I'm going > to have to run that check again. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
