02-03-2013, 05:01 PM
I agree that spending all the DR "linearly" will produce a flat image. The more DR, flatter image. But this is not the way someone actually wants to spend the DR. Is more to get "compressed" highlights, so, close to the points of light, for example, instead of getting an abrupt cut to a 255-255-255 white, you can get a soft and subtle fade.
I do a lot of photography of interiors, and you don't want burnt walls close to lamps. With a D800 is more probably you can avoid that with just a single exposure and don't need to mix different shots. (In fact, underexposing and recovering). So, the extra DR can be very time saving, both while shooting and retouching.
For me, I will never have enough: the more, the better. <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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I do a lot of photography of interiors, and you don't want burnt walls close to lamps. With a D800 is more probably you can avoid that with just a single exposure and don't need to mix different shots. (In fact, underexposing and recovering). So, the extra DR can be very time saving, both while shooting and retouching.
For me, I will never have enough: the more, the better. <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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