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Originally Posted by KM-25
I have always exposed for the highlights with either the 5D or the M8 in medium to bright light. If I am on auto exposure with the M8, it is usually set at -1/3rd to -2/3rd as well.....but that is not really the issue here.
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Actually it is very much the issue here, one must understand how the DNG compresses the data then uses LUT's to pad the data back out on decode. There is absolutely no headroom in highlights or the right 1/3rd of the histogram.
Here a description to help you understand the limitations of the format (8bit squared) Leica has left us with.
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