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-----Original Message----- >From: Stanley Halpin <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: No HDR with RAW > >1. I sent the following yesterday, don’t think it ever showed up on here: > >> Someone said earlier that in-camera HDR is jpeg only. That is true only >> through the K-5 variants; the K-3 does allow HDR when shooting RAW. The 645z >> does as well. >> >> Two additional notes: >> Soon after I got my K-3 I emailed Pentax with a couple of questions: >> 1. The HDR sub-menu allows for a choice of AUTO, HDR1, HDR2 or HDR3. >> What is the difference between these choices? Answer: "they provide for >> different amounts of HDR processing to be applied.” Oh well. I figured this >> was one of those questions where I would never know the answer without >> extensive carefully controlled field testing. In anticipation of this I had >> also asked: >> 2. Is there any indication in exif data whether HDR was used and, if >> so, which “intensity” setting was used? Answer: “No.” > >2. Your software (e.g., Photomatix) can take a single image and use those for >an HDR process. Much like what Ralf’s manual process is doing, the software as >I understand it will take your original file export, create a working file >dupe that is underexposed, another that is overexposed, then combines those as >those they were were three original exports. You are throwing away a lot of >information that might have been in the originals if you had done the >bracketed exposure in the first place. > >3. If you do try the in-camera HDR option, you will find that the time you are >waiting for the camera to process the several exposures into one HDR file and >then write that file to the card is a good time to read a short novel. Or you >could drive to a nearby Starbucks or Tim Hortons and get a coffee. > >stan > > >On Mar 31, 2015, at 8:44 AM, Eric Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> On Mar 31, 2015, at 3:27 AM, Ralf R Radermacher <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Doing your HDR in postprocessing has a number of advantages. Unlike the >>> camera, Enfuse can even align free-hand shots... >>> >>> http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/770012/display/29854910 >>> >>> and you can do HDR with one single RAW shot by developing a number of >>> copies with different exposure settings in Lightroom and then combining >>> them in one HDR picture. Here's an example: >>> >>> http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/770012/display/35373880 >>> >>> The bright parts of the sky were slightly over the top. Just reducing their >>> brightness made the whole picture too dark or resulted in a histogram that >>> looked like a pickett fence. Instead, I made a copy of the picture, took >>> its entire brightness down until the sky was right and then HDR'ed both >>> frames. >> >> This question would probably get answered if I just started, but what >> determines which file the sky is taken from? >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Eric Weir >> Decatur, GA USA >> [email protected] >> >> "Our world is a human world." >> >> - Hilary Putnam. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

