6D Dynamic Range

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rwbaron
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Re: 6D Dynamic Range
In reply to Slideshow Bob, 3 months ago

Slideshow Bob wrote:

rwbaron wrote:

Slideshow Bob wrote:



Here you go...



... that's 14 stops right there. It's not a good photo (just the view from my office), but it COULD have been, given a better subject and similar lighting conditions. Explain to me how an 11 stop camera would have done it better.

From my 7D

Created from this in CS5

Didn't know my 7D had 14 stops DR.

Bob

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Really? And I didn't know you had a light meter on the scene in the photo I posted. Or do all evenings adhere to some sort of sunset brightness standard that no one told me about?

Jeeze, if your 12 stop DR sensor can just about capture the full tonality of a scene, chances are.... it's a 12 stop scene. Although it should be noted that you've got a lot of blown out areas there. So would that shot have been better if taken with a higher DR sensor? You bet.

Nah, I know the DR of my 7D is not even close to 14 stops but my guess is my original scene has just as much DR as the one you captured (if not more). I spent all of about 5 minutes on that shot in CS5 and it was shot only as an experiment for highlight and shadow recovery.

How would a higher DR camera have done a better job? I couldn't look into the Sun in that scene when it was captured but I suppose you'd like it to look like this 3 shot HDR blend.

YMMV but to me this shot is too flat and that's not how the sun appeared when it was captured.

Bob

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Edited 3 months ago by rwbaron
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