It would need to be really flat. You'll begin to see artifacts with a dynamic range of six stops, which is well before you'll have anything like harsh shadows.
In any case, there's no excuse to use your tools to well below their capabilities; it's not really much harder to get the exposure right to within half a stop. On Mon, May 23, 2005 at 02:12:50PM -0400, David Zaninovic wrote: > That is why I said flat light, so no shadows. If there are harsh shadows the > whole deal is off. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 1:50 PM > Subject: Re: Understanding exposure? Recommendations? > > > > On Mon, May 23, 2005 at 10:24:59AM -0400, David Zaninovic wrote: > > > That's right, if you shoot raw and you captured all the info who cares > > > about the exposure, you can change exposure during raw > > > converting process and the result will be identical as if you compensated > > > the exposure correctly at the time of shooting. > > > > No it won't. > > > > In particular, you'll see addional quantisation in the shadows. > >
