Monochrome and Color Sensor Capture
Considerations for image capture..
See also: LibRaw, histogram
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2024-04-12 RawDigger Now Supports Nikon HE/HE* files + Olympus 14-bit (public beta)
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)
2024-02-24 ETTR, Camera Histograms vs RAW Histograms, ISO 100 vs ISO "Lo"
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 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)
2024-02-14 LibRAW updates FastRawViewer and RawDigger for Nikon Z8, Nikon Df NEFX Files
2024-01-31 Screencast: Using RawDigger to Determine Bits and more for a RAW file 📹
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 📹
2023-12-05 FastRawViewer: Discount Code 25% off
2023-12-04 FastRawViewer: Saving me a Lot of Time Organizing My Shoots Into Subfolders + video 📹
2021-03-12 RawDigger and FastRawViewer Support Sony A1 Lossless-Compessed RAW
2020-06-24 25% Off Software by LibRaw: RawDigger, FastRawViewer, Monochrome2DNG
2019-10-31 Sometimes, Grossly Misleading Errors in Sony RGB Histogram
2019-09-16 Sony A7R IV 'Cooks' Its RAW Files, Just Like Its Predecessors
2019-04-11 Notes on the Panasonic S1R RAW RW2 File Format
2019-01-15 25% Off Coupon Code for Software by LibRaw: RawDigger, FastRawViewer, Monochrome2DNG
2018-02-09 Dual Pixel Raw Support for Canon 5D Mark IV from LibRaw (RawDigger, FastRawViewer)
Considerations for image capture..
24-Megapixel vs mirrorless..
All-arounder zoom with dubious optical compromises..
Oustanding image quality, but with some limitations..
Improvements on the workhorse D800E..
D800 with the RGB Bayer matrix removed for a true monochrome sensor..
Comparing the 2012/2013 high-res pro DSLRs..
High speed big brick shooter..
50 megapixel successor to the 22 megapixel Canon 5D Mark III..
36-megapixel full-frame DSLR with SuperRes Pixel Shift Mode..
Make it your best shot..
An introduction to digital workflow and best practices. .
Tips for processing high dynamic range images. .
Maximizing dynamic range and image quality by minimizing noise via multiple exposures..
Maximizing image quality, dynamic range, minimizing digital noise. .
Articles written for MediumFormat.com..
Phase One XF System, Phase One IQ4, Schneider Kreuznach Lenses.
100 megapixels in a portable package!.
Is 100 better than 45/50/60 megapixels?.
100 megapixels in a body the size of a 35mm DSLR!.
100 megapixels in a portable package!.
Aspects of image quality..
Tips on getting the best results..
Image quality assessments..
How does the very best perform in the field?.
High performance all-arounder macro lens.
Performance both in the field and controlled conditions..
Tips on Getting the Best Results..
50-Megapixel Medium Format DSLR with Live View.
Lens performance at 80 megapixels..
Brilliant imaging, even wide open, but with a few quirks. (Review in progress) .
Rendering style, bokeh and 'transparency' without peer..
Canon’s high-res mirrorless..
Setup, IBIS performance, focusing..
Image quality..
Ultra-wide fast zoom..
5th Generation standard-setting camera..
Technological tour de force..
Attention to details: a solid upgrade over the A7R II..
Attention to details: a big upgrade over the A7R..
Full frame compact mirrorless with interchangeable lenses..
Blackout-free 20 fps speed demon..
High performance full frame 12-megapixel sensor..
Compact moderate wide angle for Sony mirrorless..
Ultra high grade macro all-arounder..
Premiere mid-range zoom for Sony full frame mirrorless.
Razor sharp 28mm lens on APS-C sensor and outstanding usability and features..
Diminutive full-frame camera with 35mm f/2 fixed lens..
Full frame camera in an ultra-compact body with or without anti-aliasing filter..
Stunningly high image quality in a 20MP point and wide range zoom..
Fast, bright and highly corrected medium telephoto..
A worthy upddate to the E-M5 with pro-grade build quality..
Updated model with HighRes sensor shift mode..
Fujifilm's 24MP APS-C offering..
Value camera: 24 megapixel APS-C sensor with EVF and vibration-free shutter..
Outstanding wide angle, superb performer..
Leica’s 28-70mm APS-C compact camera..
Mirrorless Sigma Quattro larger APS-H sensor with interchangeable lenses..
45mm f/2.8 equivalent FOV lens..
75mm f/2.8 equivalent lens on APS-C sensor..
Leica M 60 Megapixels..
Leica M 60-megapixel monochrome sensor..
Leica M 40 Megapixels..
Leica M 40 megapixel monochrome sensor..
Leica M mount in slim body with SL-type sensor..
Fast and ultra high performance moderate wide angle rangefinder lens..
2024-04-12 RawDigger Now Supports Nikon HE/HE* files + Olympus 14-bit (public beta)
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)
2024-02-24 ETTR, Camera Histograms vs RAW Histograms, ISO 100 vs ISO "Lo"
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 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)
2024-02-14 LibRAW updates FastRawViewer and RawDigger for Nikon Z8, Nikon Df NEFX Files
2024-01-31 Screencast: Using RawDigger to Determine Bits and more for a RAW file 📹
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 📹
2023-12-05 FastRawViewer: Discount Code 25% off
2023-12-04 FastRawViewer: Saving me a Lot of Time Organizing My Shoots Into Subfolders + video 📹
2021-03-12 RawDigger and FastRawViewer Support Sony A1 Lossless-Compessed RAW
2020-06-24 25% Off Software by LibRaw: RawDigger, FastRawViewer, Monochrome2DNG
2019-10-31 Sometimes, Grossly Misleading Errors in Sony RGB Histogram
2019-09-16 Sony A7R IV 'Cooks' Its RAW Files, Just Like Its Predecessors
2019-04-11 Notes on the Panasonic S1R RAW RW2 File Format
2019-01-15 25% Off Coupon Code for Software by LibRaw: RawDigger, FastRawViewer, Monochrome2DNG
2018-02-09 Dual Pixel Raw Support for Canon 5D Mark IV from LibRaw (RawDigger, FastRawViewer)
2017-12-23 RawDigger and FastRawViewer Support Sony A7R III 'ARQ' Pixel Shift Files, 25% Off Both Programs
2017-12-22 Sony A7R III: Compressed Raw Gapping
2017-09-03 Nikon D850: RawDigger Support Available
2017-02-09 Reader Comment: ETTR (Expose to the Right)
2017-02-04 Sigma sd Quattro-H: DNG Files Shrink by More than 50% After Adobe DNG Converter
2016-12-17 RawDigger and FastRawViewer 25% Off
2016-09-09 Potential Uses for Canon 5D Mark IV Dual Pixels as per Alex Tutubalin of LibRaw
2016-09-08 RawDigger and FastRawViewer 25% Off (plus Canon 5D Mark IV dual pixel findings)
2016-05-05 Sony RX10 III: About 10 to 12 bit Gradation, Perhaps 11-Bit Range: 10-Bit in General
2016-04-21 FastRawViewer and RawDigger Discount
2016-02-19 Pentax K1 Super Resolution File Format Details
2015-12-05 RawDigger and FastRawViewer 25% Off
2015-10-19 Sony A7R II: Uncompressed Raw
2015-08-26 Sony A7R II: RawDigger Special Display Modes Show How the File is Encoded
2015-08-19 Sony A7R II: Posterization with a Near Optimal Exposure in Daylight (Portrait at Dana Lake)
2015-08-17 Sony A7R II: Long Exposure Examples at ISO 100, Including Raw Conversion and RawDigger Exposure Info
2015-06-13 Reader Inquiry: Banding, Posterization, Color Shifts (and the right workflow)
2015-05-16 FastRawViewer and RawDigger Discount
2014-12-05 RawDigger now has a Workflow Complement: Fast Raw Viewer + Discount on RawDigger for Readers
2014-05-27 Sony A6000: Sensor Quality at ISO 100
2014-03-06 Sony 11+7-bit Delta Compression Posterization Update: RawDigger
2014-02-14 Sony’s 11+7-bit LOSSY File Compression: 32-pixel Line Artifacts Clearly Visible on Star Trails
2014-02-12 Sony’s 11+7-bit Delta Compression, Posterization in Some Situations
2013-12-02 RawDigger v1.0 Now Available in Three Editions (Recommended)
2013-07-02 Ricoh GR Digital: Circular Ring Artifacts, 2nd Example
2012-12-13 Auto-ETTR Would Sure Be Nice — 2 Stops Below the Blow-out Was the Camera’s Advice
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 ETTR and Digital Image Quality
2012-11-17 Nikon D800E: ETTR Study of Optimal Exposure for RAW, Exposure Latitude, Choice of Color Space, Noise
2012-10-21 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)