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

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Dheorl
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Re: I'm confused?????
In reply to mpgxsvcd, 4 months ago

mpgxsvcd wrote:

papillon_65 wrote:

Your post started by stating that dynamic range isn't really that important and then proceeded to show us some examples where more dynamic range definitely would be an advantage, HDR or not, or did I miss something?

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The point was that Dynamic Range implies clipping of highlights or shadows. That really only ever occurs with a bright point source like a star(Our Sun) or very bright light. Most people don’t shoot astro photography like I do so that pretty much leaves landscapes for needing dynamic range to avoid clipping.

The real problem is that the extra dynamic range a sensor can give you really won’t help much when compared to what an HDR mode will do. You are much better off looking for a camera with a +6 HDR mode for landscapes than you are worrying about which one has 13.2 stops or 13.6 stops of dynamic range.

The only problem with that theory is that landscapes often have more mobile elements in them than astrophotography. It doesn't work so well with waves, or trees blowing in the wind, or even peope/animales moving around etc.

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