>>> Negative film gives the lab about a stop of underexposure and about 3 stops >>> of over exposure before a good print can't be pulled from it, a jpeg has >>> about half that latitude. >>> >> Doesn't this mean that what we ought to keep in mind is >> >> It is better to overexpose than underexpose >> >> for digital *and negative film*? (But maybe some of you have been >> thinking that way all along?) >> > > That's correct, I rate Superia 400 at 320; others go even further than > that. > Ah. Yes. There you have it. I heard people recommend this a number of times, of course, only I didn't think of it in this context...
But, but, isn't a similar trick available for digital? Can't you just reduce the gain a bit and try to get an exposure "in the middle" (with the same exposure) rather than aiming for an exposure "to the right" (with a somewhat higher gain setting)? - Toralf -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
