Originally posted by arbutusq Good point, I should have said the lens and the sensor. I wonder whether the sensor is more sensitive or that we are able to see more differences with our computers and RAW than would have been easily seen with film.
Well to stress how different digital is from film you really must start at the RAW level.:
Notice how linear and dark the file is (composed of multi colored dots
) not to mention un color corrected. You know it still amazes me to the fact it really even works..
This really doesn't have much to do w/ exposure per se but it helps to see what your "negative" really goes through and how many places there are to "modify" it.
Raw File View
BTW: I never can get the TIFF's to just download. My browsers try to open them but fail. The thumbnails are fine for "educational" purposes.
And back to exposure from a 5D guy and a ETTR person.........
In the final analysis, ETTR isn’t about overexposure, but rather proper exposure, while avoiding true highlight clipping of linear-encoded data. This often isn’t the exposure our light meters recommend. Exposing for RAW | Digital Photo Pro Magazine
Guess even those "perfect" 5D exposures can be improved..
There's more in that article like iso effecting contrast ect.
what more needs to be said.. just learn what your camera sees and does w/ each component. Expecting each and every lens/camera to behave
equally is, well, ridiculous. Now to be not a pure Pentax fanboy, there is room for improvement but we first must seperate MYTH from reality...