Canon EOS RP RAW editing flexibility?

Quarkcharmed wrote:

Sgt_Strider wrote:

jboyer wrote:

Sgt_Strider wrote:

jboyer wrote:

Sgt_Strider wrote:

jboyer wrote:

I have an RP since its launch (eons ago?). The exposure is the key. 'Well' exposed pictures -- requiring minimal boosting of the dark areas, will come clean of noise at high ISO values. I shoot RAW and use Capture One as my RAW processor. I came from a 7D and a 6D.

This issue is mostly related in the need to get better rendition of dark areas, like backlit pictures. A bit of over exposure may go a long way. As one poster noted, this issue may not really exist, and the Canon colors are worth the potential problems.

And today, the issue of noise is non sequitur with tools like Topaz AI.

After 1000s of RP pictures, I still feel it is a very decent and useable camera. Sill the most affordable Full Frame, with all the pros and cons of the format.

But it is an entry level body and if budget is no object, a R6 II may serve you better in the longer term. At three times the price.

Even right now I tend to expose to the right. I'm assuming that what you mean is I can reduce the exposure and not have to lift any shadows to keep noise to the bare minimum?

Yes. If short of light, increasing the ISO may also work.

Apparently, I'm better off shooting ISO6400 rather than shooting ISO800 and boosting it by two or three stops?

It really depends on what you are shooting. There are a few 'methods' to increase the perceived DR. Bracketing, using higher ISO and 'overexpose' (assuming your RAW processor is good at recovery of highlights), HDR in camera, etc.

And sometimes, noise is simply OK. It may hurt in a deep blue sky or muddy some grass. The final image may be great, no matter what.

At the RP price point, you get a pretty serviceable camera.

I'm sort of confused about how noise could be an issue. If I expose it to the right and start lowering the exposure, what would be causing the noise? I can understand if I'm increasing the exposure during post-processing or shooting in high ISO, but if I expose to the right at base ISO?

If you shoot landscapes and properly use ETTR (exposure-to-the-right) with your RP, you may get good results comparable to someone who doesn't use ETTR with an R or even R5. Although you'd get much better results had you used an R5 with ETTR.

Lowering 'exposure' in Lightroom after ETTR doesn't increase visible noise. Sitting at base ISO and using ETTR is the way to squeeze the possible dynamic range out of your camera.

But if you can't use ETTR (say because it's too dark or you can't use long enough shutter speed), yes you'd better use higher ISO 3200 right in the camera rather than ISO 800 plus 2-stop exposure lifting in Lightroom. That's because the RP is not 'ISO-invariant'.

Thank you! That's what I was asking!

I have to admit, I'm still confused with the ISO-invariant terminology.

I'm also aware that the R and the R5 have superior sensors. I'm just trying to understand how to extract every possible performance out of the RP sensor.

I mainly shoot on a tripod. Can't I just go on bulb? How well does the RP handle long exposure noise when shooting at base ISO?