Steen
Senior Subscriber Member
In July 2003 Michael Reichmann wrote this article “Expose to the Right” about Maximizing S/N Ratio in Digital Photography.
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/expose-right.shtml
Now he has this new ‘part II’ article “Optimizing Exposure” from August 2011 about the mystery:
Why Do Camera Makers Give Us 19th Century Exposures With Our 21st Century Cameras?
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/optimizing_exposure.shtml
Interesting question, I think.
I imagine that Exposure To The Right could at least be available as an optional feature in RAW Format capture.