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<blockquote data-quote="J-see" data-source="post: 380817" data-attributes="member: 31330"><p>There can be too much noise in these shots but I'm not shooting for a scientific study. I care about shapes and light and it needs to be sharp at the right places. I need to work at that.</p><p></p><p>That post-processing is the opposite of taking a good picture is a silly argument. Then working at shots in the darkroom was the opposite of taking a good picture too. Actually setting anything but aperture, shutter and ISO is pre-processing. Is timing what makes the difference between doing it correct and wrong?</p><p></p><p>It has little to do with taking a good shot. What I quickly discovered when going digital is that the cam, regardless of all the new technology, is still as dumb as during the analog days. It just captures light but has no idea what to do with it. It's crunching numbers. Taking a good shot is of little relevance when you can't turn those numbers into a good shot. That's where post comes in. Sure we can set the exposure correct, frame it according the rules and push the trigger and maybe what comes out is nice. But often it isn't because there are too many situations the cam is just crunching its numbers and poops out a crappy representation of that. High contrast shots as an example.</p><p></p><p>That's when you use the settings at your disposal in order to get out what you tried to shoot. If that's pushing ISO and overexposing, so be it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J-see, post: 380817, member: 31330"] There can be too much noise in these shots but I'm not shooting for a scientific study. I care about shapes and light and it needs to be sharp at the right places. I need to work at that. That post-processing is the opposite of taking a good picture is a silly argument. Then working at shots in the darkroom was the opposite of taking a good picture too. Actually setting anything but aperture, shutter and ISO is pre-processing. Is timing what makes the difference between doing it correct and wrong? It has little to do with taking a good shot. What I quickly discovered when going digital is that the cam, regardless of all the new technology, is still as dumb as during the analog days. It just captures light but has no idea what to do with it. It's crunching numbers. Taking a good shot is of little relevance when you can't turn those numbers into a good shot. That's where post comes in. Sure we can set the exposure correct, frame it according the rules and push the trigger and maybe what comes out is nice. But often it isn't because there are too many situations the cam is just crunching its numbers and poops out a crappy representation of that. High contrast shots as an example. That's when you use the settings at your disposal in order to get out what you tried to shoot. If that's pushing ISO and overexposing, so be it. [/QUOTE]
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