SL Clipping Setting - what upper limit?

[Dr. G]

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Does anyone have a suggestion for where to set the upper limit number on the clipping setting on the SL if I usually use ETTR?

[Photoworks]

With all recent camera from Leica you don't want to overexpose the highlights , usually you are better underexposing 1/2 stop to 1 stop 

Leica sensor seam to retain lots of detail in the shadows. A 3 stop underexposed image can be processed in a very clean image.

For that reason why people took about  JEPG out of camera, that is not the ideal setting for the sensor. I suppose you can do it on soft light lighting that does not have strong highlight.

You should try few edits by yourself.

[Dr. G]

I agree - I was just wondering where to set the camera for the blinkies on the histogram screen.  If I set it at 200 will that assume I am roughly 1 stop underexposed when the highlights start flashing in the EVF?

[Photoworks]

I use most of the time AUTO  ISO with limits to 1/125 and 6400ISO

the I set the exposure correction to -2/3 on exposure compensation, end occasionally turn it even lower when shooting into the light.

When everything else falls I go to manual exposure and ISO, I have noticed the camera to be challenges at night.

[Dr. G]

11 minutes ago, Photoworks said:

I use most of the time AUTO  ISO with limits to 1/125 and 6400ISO

the I set the exposure correction to -2/3 on exposure compensation, end occasionally turn it even lower when shooting into the light.

When everything else falls I go to manual exposure and ISO, I have noticed the camera to be challenges at night.

I agree about night and low light capability.  I'm going to try the Panasonic S1 with my SL lenses for night time use when I need to shoot moving subjects.  IBIS in the SL2 is nice, but only for static subjects.

I use the same settings for ISO and shutter speed.  I don't have the SL in front of me, but the setting I was referring to has to do with the clipping setting in the menu.  It can be set between 200 and 255 (I think).  I guess I could just leave it at 255 and use -2/3 EV.

[ardbeg]

I leave my SL2 on the default which I believe is 253 and then underexpose from there based on the lighting at play.

[hoppyman]

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Leaving aside ETTR considerations, another aspect might be the primary use of the images. Should that be print,  and you want to visualise that in the camera preview, then highlight clipping can usefully be set lower for example 245. I would guess that print output is a minority consideration for many though.

Using 253 means of course you can aim to include capturing almost all of highlight information to start your developing from. So much depends on what subjects/style and how you are shooting it too.

The preview is an approximation  not showing everything actually recordable in the raw data.  Individual RGB channels will very likely differ too.

 

Edited August 12, 2020 by hoppyman
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