Well, then, we are then left to wonder how it is that I and others can handle such near-white tones and highlights without this problem on our 5DsR and 5Ds bodies.
Either there is a serious problem with the camera model itself and the rest of us aren\'t perceptive enough to see it, or...
As an experiment to understand better how white and highlight sliders operate, which might prove useful, photograph a test card with multiple gray levels patches or start with a digital equivalent file. Then, one at a time, push each of those sliders right and left and watch how the histogram peaks behave. This helps illustrate one of many techniques for using/expanding the near-white tones.
Be careful about trusting the camera\'s — any camera\'s — ability to handle highlights as indicated by the presence or absence of highlight indications on the view screen or even in the camera histogram display.
Good luck.
Dan
Vancouver47 wrote: gdanmitchell wrote: Paul Gardner wrote:
I bet you believe being a paparatsie is OK also.
Regardless, spelling paparazzi (or paparazzo) that way is not OK... ;-)
Vancouver47 wrote:
The 5Ds/R shares the same issue as the 7D2. Even properly exposed highlights lose detail and micro contrasts compared to the 1Dx. White objects in particular just go flat in comparison. Otherwise there is very little to criticize.
I shoot a lot of float planes with minor ripples in the sheetmetal that is very evident shooting with a 1Dx, yet virtually disappear with the 5Ds. (and 7D2) The micro contrasts are gone.
5Ds/R Colour profiling is essential if you use ACR. Adobe usually figures it out eventually but not so far.
If you think you are losing highlight detail, a common issue with digital media since due to its linear response...
1. You may well be overexposing slightly. Careful exposure will lead you to decrease exposure slightly and retain more highlight detail in almost all cases.
2. Use the highlights fader in post and simply lower it a bit. If your exposure lead to lost highlight detail on a regular basis you may want to bake this in to your default conversion preset.
For my part, I\'m not seeing the kind of \"problem\" with highlights that you describe. Your statement that \"the micro contrasts are gone\" doesn\'t ring true at all.
1 I am aware of the problem and deliberately ensure I do not overexpose whites., Camera highlight warning is never blinking yet highlights are flat with the 5ds.
2 Doesn\'t help. It just makes when whites flatter.
Even with \"blinking highlights\" the 1Dx displays far better micro contrasts in the whites.
The first three photos were taken with the 5Ds and are typical, the last two with a 1Dx.
