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Old 11-10-2008   #13 (permalink)
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Default Re: woo hoo bought a light meter

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Originally Posted by Danlphot View Post
Regardless of what tricks you can perform on the computer you will never get an image as good as one that is properly exposed in the first place. These fixes always involve compromising on quality.
If you're talking about plug-in editing filters you're right: they degrade IQ, because most of them subtract image data. But if you refer to RAW processing – which may involve blending a number of different exposures, a.k.a. 'HDRI' – you're dead wrong, Dan! Because with HDR/blending you add image data! A well processed HDR image is the result of X exposures, so it is the aggregate of X times the image data of just one exposure (which apparently is your m.o.).
But then you would need to have first hand experience to know the difference IRL, of course.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating, you see...

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