View single post by Eric

Posted: Fri Feb 26th, 2021 02:50

Joined:	Wed Apr 18th, 2012
Location:	United Kingdom
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I've always thought that the dynamic range of a sensor was simply the number of discernibility tone steps it could see.
Whether you capture all those tones in your image is down to your selected camera settings, the lighting and other environmental factors.

It's then possible to digitally manipulate the captured file to potentially recover less discernible tonal detail.

I would be very surprised if any camera achieved its full potential in the hands of the average photographer.

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Eric