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Is it better to under or over expose?; Which 1 u like?
Topic Started: Apr 28 2008, 08:29 PM (311 Views)
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Which 1 u prefer? :lol:
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Thats really depends on what your subject and how you want the final image to 'feel'.
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Hmm, I prefer to take shots slightly over exposed but not over the scale (I use the histogram function to check on that) so that I can still tweak the colors with camera raw. For some reason, I feel that when I increase the exposure for underexposed shots, there is a higher chance for me to see noise.
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under-exposed shots still retain detail, although noise is apparent when editing. but that can be fixed. over-exposed shots lose detail and no amount of editing will bring it back.

unless you're talking abt high and low key.
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In Adobe Raw Converter,

for the a700, you can pull out a 10ev Dynamic Range,
and for the Fujifilm S5pro, about a whopping 12ev Dynamic Range.

You can go under or over, but keep it within a couple of Stops... else you get clipping from both sides that you cannot recover detail from.

When you shoot in JPEG, where the dynamic range is compressed unlike RAW files, it's best to go Under - RAW files still can pull back some pretty amazing amount of residual highlight details when you clip, but once JPEG Clips one of its highlights - you can expect a lot of repair work to be done, and also, can say bye-bye to your details. :P

We try to prevent highlight clipping because the lack of patterns and details can be appear very conspicuous to a viewer.
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norm i will overexposed by 2/3 to 1 stop. When i am at 0ev, the histrogram always show under (at the left side). So no choice have to shoot over to shift it to the right. Hop e i am doing the right thing. hahah. Any expert can advise me?
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i'm no expert but i can tell you that i've been there, suffered that.

if you shoot in jpeg, and overexpose there's no way to recover details if anything is overblown, e.g. details on a white wedding gown. but if you underexposure at least you can recover some detail at the expense of noise which you can quite successfully remove (at minimal loss of detail) with other s/w.
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Hmm, I don't shoot in jpeg. Does what you say affect Raw as well?
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I only know to shoot in JPEG , under exposed a bit would be the choice for me . :P
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