11-03-2011, 03:58 PM
[quote name='popo' timestamp='1320324912' post='12645']
What we have here is probably yet another case of trying to find one rule that works in all situations. Just expose for what you want.
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Exactly. I am not saying that ETTR is the end all to exposure/noise problems. My position is that it has it's place in my knowledge bank. I have experimented with it, and I do see some definite advantages in some situations...not all situations, but some.
In the end of my experimentation, I arrived at the following conclusion: If the scene contains less dynamic range than the capability of my camera, then I will take at least one shot with the image exposed to the right as far as possible without clipping important highlights.
Of course, there are an infinite number of variables present in every shooting situation. The photographer has to make his/her own decision concerning each of these variables in order to capture the image that he/she wishes to do. Sometimes ETTR can do this. Other times ETTR would make the sought after image impossible to capture.
What we have here is probably yet another case of trying to find one rule that works in all situations. Just expose for what you want.
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Exactly. I am not saying that ETTR is the end all to exposure/noise problems. My position is that it has it's place in my knowledge bank. I have experimented with it, and I do see some definite advantages in some situations...not all situations, but some.
In the end of my experimentation, I arrived at the following conclusion: If the scene contains less dynamic range than the capability of my camera, then I will take at least one shot with the image exposed to the right as far as possible without clipping important highlights.
Of course, there are an infinite number of variables present in every shooting situation. The photographer has to make his/her own decision concerning each of these variables in order to capture the image that he/she wishes to do. Sometimes ETTR can do this. Other times ETTR would make the sought after image impossible to capture.