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Hello Lee, I don't think it is DNG but all modes where the Quattro will blow highlights. There is no handbook on how to use Quattro cameras and everyone using them has a favoured method of camera settings and image development. Your example of yellow flowers blown out to white is very easy to do and I think it was Quentin who first highlighted this. Lately, in DPReview there was a recommendation to Expose To The Right (ETTR) referencing the histogram with the reasoning being the Quattro sensor needs maximum light to minimise noise. This is technically correct but it is a sure fire way to blow the highlights!My first 'fail' with DNG (using dp2 Quattro) whilst doing some test shots - buttercups amongst some greenery, half of the petals had overexposed to white. I don't know why the Quattro sometimes does this, especially with flowers in the sun, but I do know that with X3F I could probably have recovered with the overexposure compensation tick box.
Lee
Hi Steve, ETTR is to protect highlights! If you're blowing highlights whilst using ETTR then something is going wrong; I pre-ordered the dp0 and have shot ETTR from day one with 1EV bracketing and mostly use the +1EV without any clipping issues.Lately, in DPReview there was a recommendation to Expose To The Right (ETTR) referencing the histogram with the reasoning being the Quattro sensor needs maximum light to minimise noise. This is technically correct but it is a sure fire way to blow the highlights!
It's mostly bright light through tree branches yellows of flowers that I find get clipped at higher EV values. Anyhow, we all seem to have our own way of using these Sigma cameras and processing the images. Now we have DNG and SFD added to the mix.Hi Steve, ETTR is to protect highlights! If you're blowing highlights whilst using ETTR then something is going wrong; I pre-ordered the dp0 and have shot ETTR from day one with 1EV bracketing and mostly use the +1EV without any clipping issues.
I bought the kit but rarely use the LVF-01, the Live Histogram is small but perfectly formed
Thank you, Louis. The second is not a stitch. It is a very near, full, uncropped shot using the dp0Q pointing straight up to the vaulted ceiling which is some 30' up. The ceiling almost certainly is distorted!Great shots, Steve. The second exhibits some distortion, is it a stitch of some kind?
Louis
Nice composition and mood (the first image)Sacré-Coeur, Paris.......Ugolino eating his children. Rodin.
Thanks, Stoneage. I agree about the Rodin image not being the most flattering angle. I was in Paris with my wife and just took a few snaps as we walked around and from memory I too thought the sky looked good and doubt I would have taken the shot otherwise.Nice composition and mood (the first image)
Not sure about the second image. The two important and interesting subjects (the Rodin and the building) overlay, which i find a bit distracting.
I like the special clouds though.