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Examples: Mountains
These examples represent some of the best results possible with the Sony RX100. All were processed from RAW (ARW) into 16-bit TIF using Adobe Camera RAW 7.2 RC.
Focal length quoted in equivalent 35mm terms, e.g., 10.4mm = 28mm.
Sharpening after downsampling is a little more aggressive than usual (0.02 instead of 0.01, using Topaz InFocus), due to the sharpness limitations with most of the images.
Push and pull
A “push” refers to film days— positive exposure compensation during RAW conversion. A “pull” is “overexposure” followed by negative exposure compensation during RAW conversion. A pull is desirable from a noise perspective (“expose to the right”).
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Sony RX100 @ 28mm