Nikon Z7 facing the sun with a 50mm lens.
1/6400 f/8 ISO 400 = LV 16.67, two stops darker than Sunny 16
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About 3300 blown highlight pixels out of 45.7 MP, less than 0.05%
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Nalu
Loc: Southern Arizona
It's a great program to confirm that you are getting the most out of your raw exposures.
tcthome wrote:
Wy ISO 400?
Why not? It keeps the shutter speed high at ISO 400. The DR of that scene does not need a lower ISO.
Below is an indoor example. Much more DR in the scene and a lower ISO would have cut the shutter speeds to 1/20s and 1/60s. Together they might make good candidates for an HDR merge but then a tripod might be necessary.
If you just want a single shot you would need to recover shadows either way but then it's a choice between blown highlights or dark shadows. At normal viewing distance there is almost no difference in the shadow noise if you want to recover them.
Multi Segment A7 III, 1/80s f/2.8 ISO 100 - 76k blown highlights
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Highlight A7 III, 1/250s f/2.8 ISO 100 - 35 blown highlights
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Here is a comparison of the noise levels at 100% for the A7 III from ISO 100 to 25600. Pretty good up to ISO 1600
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But without pixel peeping you can't see the noise at ISO 25600
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selmslie wrote:
Nikon Z7 facing the sun with a 50mm lens.
Since the people were so far off (and the only things that appear backlit), I really wouldn't see this composition as a backlit "scene".
EJMcD wrote:
Since the people were so far off (and the only things that appear backlit), I really wouldn't see this composition as a backlit "scene".
To the extent that the sun was on the wrong side of the lens, it is backlit and the shadows are coming toward the camera.
It took a little shadow recovery to reveal the details of the people.
selmslie wrote:
To the extent that the sun was on the wrong side of the lens, it is backlit and the shadows are coming toward the camera.
It took a little shadow recovery to reveal the details of the people.
You read my mind...I thought a panoramic cropping would better demonstrate "backlight". Since the wide view of the beach and ocean do not appear to show shadows, I didn't see it as a backlit "scene". Only my opinion.
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