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ManiacJoe

(10,136 posts)
9. Seems like this would generate more digital noise than necessary.
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 05:57 PM
Jul 2013
But with my 5100 I just shoot Program or Aperture, EV -2 and then pull the lightness up in postprocessing. Sensors these days have such lovely shadow detail that it's really not worth the extra time in the field to work out the perfect exposure; I feel it's better spent getting more shots instead. Just my 2¢ though.


Normally you would want to go the other way: slightly overexpose the image (since there is tons of data room in the highlights) and darken the picture in post-processing.
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