I managed to over-expose 4 or 5 shots yesterday in the sunshine in London, Jim.
Luckily I caught it then, but I had not realised how the lock buttons worked
for both ISO and shutter speed; for those shots I had managed to knock the ISO
dial and had ISO 25,600 set:
http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=21770
<http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=21770>
I don’t think that I can do much with the jpg, but the Raw file might be OK . .
.
Chris
> On 8 Apr 2017, at 01:14, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Thanks, a lot. The X-T2 EVF makes it easier for me to evaluate the change
> when I move the EV knob. Maybe the old camera did too, and I'm just waking
> up to what is going on. Now, when I have the time, I am prone to experiment
> and see what looks best.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 4/7/2017 7:07 PM, Moose wrote:
>> On 4/7/2017 2:39 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>>> Moose, you are good at spotting my blown highlights, and pushing me in the
>>> proper direction. I thought about that when I cranked down the EV while
>>> taking this photo of my neighbor's azalea in the sun.
>>>
>>> Would you mind giving me your opinion of this one?
>>>
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170407-DSCF1293.JPG.html
>>
>> Looks perfectly exposed for holding the red channel to me.
>>
>> I've been watching your red and yellow flowers. "Starting to Open" was
>> really interesting. The first one you posted suffered badly from what
>> appeared to be highlights not seriously blown in the Raw file, but clipped,
>> then pulled back down, in post. Weird colors and lots of lost textural
>> detail. Then I looked again, reposted and looking good!
>> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/Nichols/Beginning_to_Open.htm>
>>
>> The original post is a great example of how detail disappears when
>> highlights are blown. Look at the back of the left petal and the top and top
>> right of the rear one.
>>
>> The two obvious indications of blown highlights are lost detail and changed
>> color in the bright areas. It's easy to think it will show up as really
>> bright colors, but that doesn't necessarily mean blown channels.
>>
>> "Dogwood Fly-By", @ 0 EV, has some pretty serious clipping, but the yellow
>> still looks good, and is a small part of the image, so it works. Tulips I
>> and II, @ -2/3 EV, have come out very nicely.
>>
>> Moose
>>
>
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