----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Colen" Subject: how many mSec between frames without flipping the mirror?
> It seems to me that it should be possible to expand dynamic range by > firing off two (or three) frames on the same shutter press. It > wouldn't work for sports, but for many shots even the motion in 1/5 > second (assuming 5 FPS) would be acceptable. If the mirror is the > limiting factor, maybe 1/50 second rather thant 1/5 second between > frames would be doable. > > Especially since a lot of the time when I have rough dynamic range > issues, I'm already shooting at something like 1/10 second, so two > frames of 1/10 second and 1/80 or 1/160 second would be a good match, > and the "stutter" between the two frames would be negligable compared > with the blur. Look into HDR photography. Done right, it looks pretty natural. Done imaginatively, it looks completely surreal. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

