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Re: [OM] ( OM ) Filters for digital

Subject: Re: [OM] ( OM ) Filters for digital
From: Jim Couch <zuikoholic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:14:05 -0700
Maybe it is just me, but I don't see how one can compensate for a large 
dynamic range without either loosing some highlights, or getting a lot 
of noise in the shadowed areas short of some kind of HDR software or 
using layers. A grad ND filter just seems to me, to work better and 
easier, for very little cost. Most (free) camera supplied software does 
not seem to offer these kinds features. All the HDR software I have 
tried requires a fair amount of computer 'horsepower' to work very 
efficiently, not a problem for the occasional image maybe, but when you 
come back weekend after weekend with these kinds of shots it is a 
different story. If there is a way to easily & efficiently do this in 
Olympus' software or Elements 5 (both of which I have) on an older 
windows machine I would love to know how.

As for UV filters - do some shooting at altitude with long lenses - they 
do make a difference, and I certainly have never seen any software at 
any price that can recover details lost to haze. Just like polarizers, 
to the best of my knowledge there are some filters that just can't be 
reproduced in post.

Jim Couch

Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> I can't argue with what you feel comfortable with and the methods you 
> prefer to use.  But the specifics of what you are doing should be easily 
> done in the camera supplied software or any of several free applications.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>   
>>>       
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