Workflow, Other
Make it your best shot..
RAW file capture maximizing exposure for minimized noise, maximized dynamic range
Scroll down to see all publications and blog posts. Not all pages are curated—search.
View all 78 related blog posts...
2024-03-03 Best Configuration for Evaluating ETTR Captures on Fujifilm Medium Format?
2024-03-02 Fujifilm GFX100S: ETTR at ISO 100/50, Histograms and More (Birches in Winter + Color Card)
2024-03-01 Hasselblad X2D: ETTR Study? Looking for Local Person to Lend X2D for a Day or Two
2024-02-29 Screencasts: Sony A7R V, ETTR, Zebra Display, etc 📹
2024-02-25 Sony A7R V: Perfect ETTR at ISO 50/100 using Zebra Display
2024-02-24 ETTR, Camera Histograms vs RAW Histograms, ISO 100 vs ISO "Lo"
2024-02-23 Case Study: Sony A7R V: Metering, Dynamic Range, ETTR/ESTR, Camera Histograms, ETTR (Color Card)
2024-02-23 Reader Comment: ETTR Technique Results in Too-Bright Images for Review
2024-02-23 Nikon Z8: Color Shift when Using Optimal ETTR — UPDATED with RawDigger Info Windows + Reader Comment
2024-02-21 Case Study: Sony A7R V: Metering, Dynamic Range, ETTR/ESTR, Camera Histograms, ETTR (Birch Trees)
2024-02-21 Sony Please Fix: Metering Throws Away as Much as 2.33 Stops of Dynamic Range
2024-02-21 Sony A7R V: Strictly Avoid The Lossless Comp (M) and Lossless Comp (S) Formats
2024-02-20 Mash the Colors with ETTR or Stay True with ESTR? RawDigger Isn’t Making It Obvious
2024-02-20 How do you get an ideal exposure for RAW capture? ETTR
2024-02-20 ETTR Too Much of a Good Thing? HARD to Get it Right
2024-02-20 “Baseline Exposure” Boost in RAW Converters can Whack Color
2024-02-17 Nikon Z8: Color Shift when Using Optimal ETTR (Birch Trees in Winter)
2024-02-05 ETTR: Overcome Noise with Optimal Exposure, plus Adobe AI Denoise in Photoshop/Lightroom 📹
2024-01-31 Frame Averaging: How it Should Work on Every Camera
2024-01-31 Exposure for Optimal Image Quality: Camera Histogram + RawDigger 📹
2024-01-13 Screencast: Sony A7R V Sensor Excessively Noisy at ISO 64/100 📹
2024-01-13 Exposure for Optimal Image Quality: Camera Histogram + RawDigger 📹
2023-11-16 Fujifilm GFX100 II: Horizontal White Stripes with Monochrome Images + How to Fix
2023-08-24 Fujifilm GFX100S: IBIS Screwups can Also Destroy a Focus BKT Series
2023-07-27 Nikon NIKKOR Z 17-28mm f/2.8 Aperture Series @ 27mm: Destroyed Beaver Pond (Z8)
2023-07-27 Nikon NIKKOR Z 17-28mm f/2.8 Aperture Series @ 17mm: Destroyed Beaver Pond (Z8)
2023-06-23 Lundy Canyon: Massive Avalanche Damage from Winter of 2022/2023 — Trees Sheared-Off Like Toothpicks
2023-06-10 Nikon Z8: High Noise at ISO 100 with Auto Exposure
2022-03-16 Frame Averaging: How it Should Work on Every Camera
See also 18 pages at macperformanceguide.com
See also 21 pages at windinmyface.com
2024-03-29 Apple Core Rot: macOS Ventura Destroys (removes) *all* of My Favorite Location
2024-02-24 AI, the Destroyer of Worlds?
2023-11-12 Yosemite Signage Confirms Americans Dietary Habits
2023-07-20 macOS Ventura 'upgrade' Destroys My User Account, Forces Recovery
2023-04-26 Is AI Civilization a Destroying Technology?
2022-12-26 The Callous and Reckless Destruction of Health by Ignorant and Reckless Big Medicine Doctors
2022-09-02 California Legislature Passes Bill Targeting Doctors Promoting COVID-19 ‘Misinformation’
2022-07-14 Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis: Your Body Is Not Supposed to Destroy Itself Right?
2022-06-13 What Bird or Animal is Destroying my Large Sunflowers By Tearing/Rending/Ripping off the Head/Tops?
2022-01-30 RealClearScience: How Regular Exercise Restructures the Brain
2022-01-19 England Ends All COVID Passports, Mask Mandates, Work Restrictions
2022-01-05 The Epoch Times: “The Defenestration of Dr. Robert Malone”
Make it your best shot..
An introduction to digital workflow and best practices. .
Tips for processing high dynamic range images. .
Maximizing image quality, dynamic range, minimizing digital noise. .
Considerations for image capture..
Fast short wide angle lens for L-Mount cameras..
Image quality best practices and how-to with the Nikon D800/D800E..
Comparing the 2012/2013 high-res pro DSLRs..
18 megapixel big black brick, Canon’s top of the line DSLR..
22 megapixel successor to the popular 5D Mark II..
50 megapixel successor to the 22 megapixel Canon 5D Mark III..
Which speed zoom for the Nikon D800/D800E?.
Normal lens with tilt/shift.
Medium telephoto tilt/shift lens.
Medium telephoto tilt/shift macro focusing lens.
Tamron’s ultra wide to medium fast zoom..
Sigma’s fast and affordable moderate excellent wide angle..
Sigma’s fast telephoto APO macro lenses..
100 megapixels in a portable package!.
Updated everything-better after 5 years..
100 megapixels in a body the size of a 35mm DSLR!.
Sharp images at low shutter speeds..
Tips on getting the best results..
Ultra wide angle equivalent to 19mm f/3.3. .
High performance all-arounder macro lens.
Performance both in the field and controlled conditions..
Tips on Getting the Best Results..
Moderate wide angle lens for Pentax 645..
The classic 100/2 Makro-Planar improved..
Rendering style, bokeh and 'transparency' without peer..
Rethinking camera design as solving real-world challenges..
Untapped potential for greatly improved image quality..
Canon’s high-res mirrorless..
High speed normal lens optimized for Canon mirrorless..
Setup, IBIS performance, focusing..
Image quality..
Ultra-wide zoom lens..
Moderate wide angle expressly designed for Nikon Z cameras..
Ultra-wide fast zoom..
5th Generation standard-setting camera..
Technological tour de force..
Fast extreme wide angle zoom..
Premiere mid-range zoom for Sony full frame mirrorless.
Razor sharp 28mm lens on APS-C sensor and outstanding usability and features..
Full frame camera in an ultra-compact body with or without anti-aliasing filter..
Stunningly high image quality in a 20MP point and shoot tiny camera..
Stunningly high image quality in a 20MP point and wide range zoom..
Native Micro Four Thirds macro lens..
Super telephoto with superb bokeh and color correction..
A worthy upddate to the E-M5 with pro-grade build quality..
Superb ergonomic design in a compact camera..
Updated model with HighRes sensor shift mode..
Can smaller sensor cameras compete with larger ones on any basis?.
Value camera: 24 megapixel APS-C sensor with EVF and vibration-free shutter..
Autofocus wide angle for Sony full-frame mirrorless..
Foveon X3 true-color sensor for outstanding resolution..
Leica M 60 Megapixels..
Leica M 40 megapixel monochrome sensor..
Overall design and behavior..
Fast and ultra high performance moderate wide angle rangefinder lens..
2024-03-03 Best Configuration for Evaluating ETTR Captures on Fujifilm Medium Format?
2024-03-02 Fujifilm GFX100S: ETTR at ISO 100/50, Histograms and More (Birches in Winter + Color Card)
2024-03-01 Hasselblad X2D: ETTR Study? Looking for Local Person to Lend X2D for a Day or Two
2024-02-29 Screencasts: Sony A7R V, ETTR, Zebra Display, etc 📹
2024-02-25 Sony A7R V: Perfect ETTR at ISO 50/100 using Zebra Display
2024-02-24 ETTR, Camera Histograms vs RAW Histograms, ISO 100 vs ISO "Lo"
2024-02-23 Case Study: Sony A7R V: Metering, Dynamic Range, ETTR/ESTR, Camera Histograms, ETTR (Color Card)
2024-02-23 Reader Comment: ETTR Technique Results in Too-Bright Images for Review
2024-02-23 Nikon Z8: Color Shift when Using Optimal ETTR — UPDATED with RawDigger Info Windows + Reader Comment
2024-02-21 Case Study: Sony A7R V: Metering, Dynamic Range, ETTR/ESTR, Camera Histograms, ETTR (Birch Trees)
2024-02-21 Sony Please Fix: Metering Throws Away as Much as 2.33 Stops of Dynamic Range
2024-02-21 Sony A7R V: Strictly Avoid The Lossless Comp (M) and Lossless Comp (S) Formats
2024-02-20 Mash the Colors with ETTR or Stay True with ESTR? RawDigger Isn’t Making It Obvious
2024-02-20 How do you get an ideal exposure for RAW capture? ETTR
2024-02-20 ETTR Too Much of a Good Thing? HARD to Get it Right
2024-02-20 “Baseline Exposure” Boost in RAW Converters can Whack Color
2024-02-17 Nikon Z8: Color Shift when Using Optimal ETTR (Birch Trees in Winter)
2024-02-05 ETTR: Overcome Noise with Optimal Exposure, plus Adobe AI Denoise in Photoshop/Lightroom 📹
2024-01-31 Frame Averaging: How it Should Work on Every Camera
2024-01-31 Exposure for Optimal Image Quality: Camera Histogram + RawDigger 📹
2024-01-13 Screencast: Sony A7R V Sensor Excessively Noisy at ISO 64/100 📹
2024-01-13 Exposure for Optimal Image Quality: Camera Histogram + RawDigger 📹
2023-11-16 Fujifilm GFX100 II: Horizontal White Stripes with Monochrome Images + How to Fix
2023-08-24 Fujifilm GFX100S: IBIS Screwups can Also Destroy a Focus BKT Series
2023-07-27 Nikon NIKKOR Z 17-28mm f/2.8 Aperture Series @ 27mm: Destroyed Beaver Pond (Z8)
2023-07-27 Nikon NIKKOR Z 17-28mm f/2.8 Aperture Series @ 17mm: Destroyed Beaver Pond (Z8)
2023-06-23 Lundy Canyon: Massive Avalanche Damage from Winter of 2022/2023 — Trees Sheared-Off Like Toothpicks
2023-06-10 Nikon Z8: High Noise at ISO 100 with Auto Exposure
2022-03-16 Frame Averaging: How it Should Work on Every Camera
2021-11-07 Canon EOS R5: Long Exposures and Image Stabilization are a Destructive Combination
2021-09-20 Leica 28mm f/2 APO-Summicron-SL Aperture series: Oily Blue Water among Orange Streambed Rocks
2019-12-04 Attention all Camera Makers: 23.5 Things To Please Your Customers
2019-08-23 Fujifilm GFX100 Sensor Stabilization (IBIS): Beware Destruction of Image Sharpness on a Tripod
2018-11-01 Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L USM Aperture Series: Beaver-Knawed Aspen Spotlighted for Destruction
2018-02-09 Dual Pixel Raw Support for Canon 5D Mark IV from LibRaw (RawDigger, FastRawViewer)
2017-11-06 Zeiss Milvus 100mm f/2 Aperture Series: Rock Creek White Stripes + White Peaks (Nikon D850)
2017-08-26 Nikon D850: Metering (I Want Auto-ETTR!)
2017-07-09 Fujifilm GF 23mm f/4 R WR Aperture Series: Pescadero Creek Side Stream (Fujifilm GFX)
2017-03-14 Optimal Exposure via ETTR Can Deliver More Noise Benefit than Medium Format vs 35mm
2017-02-09 Reader Comment: ETTR (Expose to the Right)
2016-11-25 Destroying to Make the Picture
2016-08-25 Sony A7R II IBIS (In Body Image Stabilization) Destroys Sharpness on a Tripod
2016-04-27 Sony G Master 24-70mm f/2.8 GM Aperture Series @ 70mm: Side Stream Across The Creek
2015-10-31 Warm and Sunny Follows Cold Snow: Zeiss ZE 21mm f/2.8 Distagon on Canon 5DS R in Lundy Canyon
2015-10-22 Understanding the Sony A7R II Uncompressed ARW Raw Format
2015-06-28 Canon 40mm f/2.8 STM on Canon 5DS R: What Can a Pedestrian Lens do at 50 Megapixels?
2015-06-25 Canon 40mm f/2.8 STM on Canon 5DS R: What Can a Pedestrian Lens do at 50 Megapixels?
2015-05-24 Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 Sonnar Caution: Sony SteadyShot Destroys Sharpness on a Tripod
2015-03-25 Olympus OMD E-M5 Mark II: Hi-Res Sensor Shift Mode vs Standard-res, NOISE Compared
2014-07-22 Reader Comments: D810 Review, Lenses, etc
2013-12-02 RawDigger v1.0 Now Available in Three Editions (Recommended)
2013-03-20 File Size as a Measure of Image Detail
2013-02-11 Leica M Typ 240 / M240 Image Quality
2012-12-19 Sony RX1 ETTR Study (Dolls)
2012-12-13 Auto-ETTR Would Sure Be Nice — 2 Stops Below the Blow-out Was the Camera’s Advice
2012-12-02 Optimal Camera Settings for the Histogram Most True to the Raw Data
2012-12-01 Setting Low Contrast for RAW Histogram vs Live View Focusing
2012-12-01 ETTR — Real RAW Data vs Camera Info and Final Images, With Crops
2012-11-29 ETTR (Expose to the Right) — An Essential Skill to Master for Image Quality
2012-11-27 A CALL TO ACTION: Build Intelligent ETTR Into Digital Cameras
2012-11-25 Getting the Best Results From the Olympus E-M5 — ETTR in the Field
2012-11-19 Getting the Best Results From the Olympus E-M5
2012-11-19 ETTR and Digital Image Quality
2012-11-17 Nikon D800E: ETTR Study of Optimal Exposure for RAW, Exposure Latitude, Choice of Color Space, Noise
2012-11-13 Getting the Best Results From a Digital Sensor — JPEG vs RAW and Exposure and Noise
2012-10-21 Why Don’t Digital Cameras Offer a Perfect ETTR exposure with a true raw histogram too?
2012-10-13 Sigma DP1 Merrill — Exposure Bracketing and ETTR
2012-09-08 Workflow Series: Expose To The Right (ETTR)
2012-08-01 Canon EOS 1D X: Pattern Noise at ISO 100 With Ample Exposure (Expose to the Right, ETTR)
2012-05-14 Apple iDevices Destroy Image Quality
$220 SAVE $130 = 37.0% Western Digital 16.0TB Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC550 3.5-in… in Storage: Hard Drives
|