Exposure Value - No metering used
Mar 17, 2018 07:53:20 #
These photos were all taken last Saturday with a Nikon Df and Tamron 35mm f/1.8 lens. They were all developed from raw with Capture One Pro 11.
No exposure was metered in the camera. The exposure values were determined by estimation starting from the Sunny 16 rule for full sun.
All at ISO 400.
No exposure was metered in the camera. The exposure values were determined by estimation starting from the Sunny 16 rule for full sun.
All at ISO 400.
Full sun 1/1000 f/11, some shadow recovery
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Full sun 1/1000 f/11 some shadow recovery
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Full sun, 1/1000 f/11 some shadow recovery
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Partly cloudy, 1/1000 f/8, some shadow recovery
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More cloudy, 1/500 f/8, some highlight and shadow recovery
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Mar 17, 2018 08:03:17 #
Mar 17, 2018 08:06:48 #
selmslie wrote:
These photos were all taken last Saturday with a Nikon Df and Tamron 35mm f/1.8 lens. They were all developed from raw with Capture One Pro 11.
No exposure was metered in the camera. The exposure values were determined by estimation starting from the Sunny 16 rule for full sun.
All at ISO 400.
No exposure was metered in the camera. The exposure values were determined by estimation starting from the Sunny 16 rule for full sun.
All at ISO 400.
Thanks selmslie, those pics of the MG brought back memories... I owned 2. The first one was a 1953 MGTD MK2 with wire wheels. And the second was a 1955 MGTF1500. Both of those cars would get upwards of 90,000 in todays market. But i did love driving them.
Rich...
Mar 17, 2018 08:30:18 #
The Sunny 16 rule (or equivalent exposure) has always worked. Nobody needs a meter on a sunny or a clear cloudy day.
Just follow Sunny 16.
Just follow Sunny 16.
Mar 17, 2018 08:32:13 #
camerapapi wrote:
The Sunny 16 rule (or equivalent exposure) has always worked. Nobody needs a meter on a sunny or a clear cloudy day.
Just follow Sunny 16.
Just follow Sunny 16.
You don't need ETTR or EBTR either.
Mar 17, 2018 08:35:49 #
selmslie wrote:
These photos were all taken last Saturday with a Nikon Df and Tamron 35mm f/1.8 lens. They were all developed from raw with Capture One Pro 11.
No exposure was metered in the camera. The exposure values were determined by estimation starting from the Sunny 16 rule for full sun.
All at ISO 400.
No exposure was metered in the camera. The exposure values were determined by estimation starting from the Sunny 16 rule for full sun.
All at ISO 400.
That is a mind meter. All manual as you say Sunny 16 rule. I used that a lot with B&W film in the day, less so with Slide film. Bracket a little and it will do the job even today!
Mar 17, 2018 08:36:37 #
Mar 17, 2018 09:41:17 #
Excellent post with beautiful photos. You can nearly always depend on the Sunny 16 rule. That little Sunny 16 insert Kodak used to include in their boxes of film was a great crutch back in the 60's when most cameras didn't have exposure meters. Thanks for an interesting post.
Mar 17, 2018 10:15:12 #
Mar 17, 2018 11:50:44 #
Mar 17, 2018 12:44:34 #
toxdoc42 wrote:
Great shots. Care to show the pre-processing images?
I am happy to. Here are the JPEG versions straight from the camera with no processing on the computer other than to resize them. As you can see, all but the last one is deliberately underexposed a little which is why all of them needed a little boost in the shadows. Even the last one, which needed a little highlight recovery, is pretty close to correctly exposed.
None of these got the full treatment that I gave to the raw conversion which included some adjustment for clarity and structure.
Mar 17, 2018 12:52:53 #
toxdoc42 wrote:
Great shots. Care to show the pre-processing images?
And here is one of the camera's JPEG images with some post processing in Picture Window Pro to adjust the exposure and shadows using only the 8-bit JPEG.
It's still not the full treatment I gave to the raw images using Capture One Pro but it demonstrates that there is a lot you can do with a JPEG without resorting to the raw file.
It does not mean that highlight and shadow detail that the camera discarded can be recovered as you can when developing from raw. However, if you are more aggressive (I had it set to Normal) in your application of Active_D lighting you can come pretty close.
Mar 18, 2018 06:52:11 #
Mar 18, 2018 07:18:37 #
Fantastic looking automobiles....you captured them very well. Nice work.
Mar 18, 2018 08:13:50 #
selmslie wrote:
These photos were all taken last Saturday with a Nikon Df and Tamron 35mm f/1.8 lens. They were all developed from raw with Capture One Pro 11.
No exposure was metered in the camera. The exposure values were determined by estimation starting from the Sunny 16 rule for full sun.
All at ISO 400.
No exposure was metered in the camera. The exposure values were determined by estimation starting from the Sunny 16 rule for full sun.
All at ISO 400.
Very nice images. My heart leans toward the two E-Type Jaguars (last two images). I still have a Signal-red, '69 XKE 4.3 liter coupe in pristine shape.....which I drive several times a month. Will squeal rubber in three gears.
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