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Canon EOS RP RAW editing flexibility?

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drsnoopy Senior Member • Posts: 1,216
Re: Canon EOS RP RAW editing flexibility?
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Sgt_Strider wrote:

After reading DPR's review, it seems like the RAW files have limited editing flexibility. Does that mean I need to get the exposure, right? Would you guys say, I can push the files 1-2 stops before noise becomes problematic?

The RP sensor (similar to 6D mk2) gets a lot of unjustified criticism. Certainly it has a little less dynamic range (only at low ISOs) but in the real world this matters very little. I have an R5 and RP, before that I had 5D4 and 6D2. All can have considerable highlight or shadow recovery. The RP RAW files can easily stand a lot more than +/- 2 stops. Especially if you use appropriate techniques to control noise in your RAW processor - my preference is to use DXO Photolab or PureRaw. Remember that the DR of a raw image is far greater than anything you can display or print, and yes, it is always a good idea to “get the exposure right” - which depends on what you are capturing, not necessarily the auto exposure.  In very high dynamic range lighting conditions you can use exposure bracketing, which applies to all cameras and sensors.

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