In a message dated 5/21/2005 3:54:43 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thanks Rob. I remember when I first started shooting RAW, I kept turning up the exposure comp because the RAW images looked underexposed right out of the camera. Of course I was destroying all my highlights. It is important to stop thinking like a film photographer. Digital is different. Paul ============= Thanks everyone.
I have Real World Camera Raw, and started it, just haven't had time to get back to reading it. But I will. Well, that's reassuring, because, like I said, I've gotten used to it, but I remember a few months back I was really worrying that maybe I didn't have my camera settings right. I have to *always* adjust brightness/contrast etc. either during conversion or afterwards (okay, I am lazy -- I usually do AutoContrast in Elements after I fiddle a bit during the conversion process). When I know more I will be able to play around during conversion more and use Curves or something afterwards. I still haven't figured out mid-tone contrast for instance. Glad to know it's not me; it's the camera; it's RAW. Even though I sort of stopped worrying about it, I am still glad to know. Everything looks sort of muted in RAW, as if seen through a glass darkly. ;-) Thanks again everyone. Marnie aka Doe
