ChrisC Posted March 29, 2007 Author Share #21 Posted March 29, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) ........ one of the nicest features of the M8 playback: as you zoom, the histo reflects only the zoomed section... Joe - I didn't know that; not only have I not received my M8, I am yet to see one. Zooming still requires menu tracking however. I still think there is a better way to present the critical corner information from the histogram, but thanks for the information. ...............Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ChrisC Posted March 29, 2007 Author Share #22 Posted March 29, 2007 .........I assume you know the whole math about exposing to the right but if not, I'll provide links.... Tim - Not necessary thank you, and yes I do. Enjoyed your Barcelona work by the way. .........................Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted March 29, 2007 Share #23 Posted March 29, 2007 Tim, exposing to the right probably isn't as crucial with the M8, at least while shooting RAW, due to its scheme of redistributing bits. I have personally reverted to film-days exposure metering. Mostly I shoot on A and chimp the histogram for clipping. I try to nail the exposure rather than expose to the right, and I have not had occasion to regret this yet. If you can, I would experiment a bit with this. Exposing correctly is a much nicer workflow, and gives a better feeling for what is happening in the long run. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tashley Posted March 29, 2007 Share #24 Posted March 29, 2007 Tim, exposing to the right probably isn't as crucial with the M8, at least while shooting RAW, due to its scheme of redistributing bits. I have personally reverted to film-days exposure metering. Mostly I shoot on A and chimp the histogram for clipping. I try to nail the exposure rather than expose to the right, and I have not had occasion to regret this yet. If you can, I would experiment a bit with this. Exposing correctly is a much nicer workflow, and gives a better feeling for what is happening in the long run. That's interesting Carsten - do you mean that the bits are distributed in a logarithmic rather than the (traditionally for digital) linear manner between F stops? I have no exposure problems using my technique but if I needn't bother I'd prefer not to! Tim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted March 29, 2007 Share #25 Posted March 29, 2007 The square root is taken before the value is stored in the 8 bits. This allows good files with only 8 bits, which would be a disaster with linear encoding, just like JPG. Effectively, the spaces between the bright values and the dim values are much closer than in a linearly encoded file. We had a great thread about this a while back, perhaps in 2006. Does anyone have a link? Anyway, try it out and keep your eyes open. I haven't spotted any problems yet, and I am sooo grateful to Leica for letting me expose normally again. Those gnomes really have their heads screwed on right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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