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Bracketing

Posted May 22, 2012 1:43 UTC (Tue) by gmatht (guest, #58961)
In reply to: 16 bits should be enough for anybody? by alankila
Parent article: LGM: GIMP's new release, new über-core, and future

Good auto exposure bracketing can give over 16bits of depth in something that behaves somewhat like a single snapshot. If there were cameras that could take a 1/4000 shot immediately prior to a 1/40 shot we'd get several extra bits essentially for free; unfortunately cameras tend to put 0.1s or more between burst shots, making this less useful for moving objects.


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Posted May 22, 2012 9:14 UTC (Tue) by etienne (subscriber, #25256) [Link]

> If there were cameras that ... wide dynamic range

My oldish Sanyo HD2000 camera has a mode to do that automatically; obviously that mode disable flash and gives bad result when the subject moves extremely fast [so can be disabled] but in some cases result is impressive, without post-treatment needed.

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