![]() The idea, briefly, is to find a simply-implemented exposure routine that takes account of - and offsets - the (debilitating) insistence of all camera manufacturers on setting their ‘auto’ exposure algorithms to expose for the most saturated OOC JPEG (a snapshot of which appears on the viewing screen and which to which the camera histogram misleadingly refers) rather than for the optimum RAW image that most users of high-end cameras want to make.Īfter 5 years of following the practice recommended by Iliah - which needs the lowest-cost version of Raw Digger to make the initial calculations - I can say it rarely ‘fails’ to deliver an optimum raw image measured by useable raw data and minimum noise or over/under saturation. It could equally be entitled: “How to Minimise Noise and Maximise Signal at Any Exposure”. Iliah Borg, the author of Fast Raw Viewer and the maintainer of both Raw Digger and Raw Photo Processor ( : an eccentric but intriguing raw processor beloved in Russia), wrote one of the most useful articles I have ever read on the topic of ‘correct’ exposure for digital cameras: “How to Use the Full Dynamic Range of Your Camera”. Here’s a photo I edited in PL5, with lots of help for how to capture it, after checking the finished image Here’s the training video I just watched - there are many more: Would it be good to know how many pixels have blown highlights? Would it be good to have a histogram window like the one shown below available when wanted? …and second, that the folks who design PhotoLab consider adding some of these capabilities into the next version of PhotoLab. ![]() I hope two things happen - first, that my forum friends, especially read this and try it, Yikes! I learned a lot more about my file than ever before, and how Raw Digger can help me improve. I thought I was all set, until another forum friend wrote me to suggest I check my finished file with the tool RawDigger. With the help of several brilliant people in the DxO PhotoLab file, I’ve been following the advice and can now create better high dynamic range photos than eve before.
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