Dynamic Range Really isn't as important as you are lead to believe.

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richarddd
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Re: Dynamic Range Really isn't as important as you are lead to believe.
In reply to mpgxsvcd, 4 months ago

mpgxsvcd wrote:

As Tony said, you start by saying wide dynamic range isn't important and then show us why wider dynamic range would help.  This is odd.

Here are two sample images. The first was made up of 6 stacked RAW images from the GH2 at ISO 1600. The second is a stack of 8 ISO 12,800 JPG images shot with the GH3 in HDR mode with +3 and -3 stops of extra Dynamic Range.

If you had wide enough dynamic range, you wouldn't need multiple images.

If you need more DR than the camera provides, shooting a few RAW images and combining them in post processing with appropriate software is likely a better technique than just stacking RAW or in camera HDR with jpg.

I think it is obvious that shooting HDR jpgs in this situation far outweighs shooting RAW. The few extra stops from shooting RAW is no match for the +6 stop HDR mode.

The idea of a comparative exercise is to limit the number of things that change, so that you can isolate what is important. You change both camera and technique.

Therefore, it's not obvious that HDR jpgs outweigh RAW, as there's no way to tell if the differences are due to the different techniques or the different cameras.

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