F600 EXR trial

jimrpdx · Feb 19, 2012

rhagan said:
To make a better result I would have made three levels of ev adjustment in to the HDR program and worked on the raw file more. I would also have cleared off the sofa.

No no no - just clone out the stuff on the sofa, that's how I clean my house

Priceless comment there, thanks for the chuckle!

My token jpeg and raw-recovered shot with the F550 is below; still hard to believe that I could nearly rescue the pumpkins..

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Jim in Oregon -- http://granitix.blogspot.com
a200 -> G1 -> K-5 & F550

NIK11 · Feb 20, 2012

rhagan said:
I decided to test the statement that shooting raw in the F600 at 0 ev and 400 HDR would create 2.4 stops of headroom in the highlights. I used the Silkypix raw converter that came on the disk with the F600. I saved two jpgs from it, one at 0 ev (no brightness adjustment) and one at nearly the maximum on its slider, -3.4 ev. The scene in the washed-out windows was recoverable.

Thanks for your test pics. I am always interested in DR - it's arguably EXR's only advantage.

As you haven't shown us your recovery outcome test pic, I am curious to know whether you found the RAW recovery equivalent to the '2.4 stops'?

Thanks,

Nick

rhagan · Feb 20, 2012

"As you haven't shown us your recovery outcome test pic" ... Do you mean something different from the second of the two photos shown?

NIK11 · Feb 20, 2012

rhagan said:
"As you haven't shown us your recovery outcome test pic" ... Do you mean something different from the second of the two photos shown?

Yes, impressive though it is. Just wondered what the outcome would be without resorting to HDR software. In other words, how much highlight recovery can you realistically draw down in RAW and still preserve a good overall balance with dark areas - 2.4 or much less?

Thanks,
Nick

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