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60 minutes
Released:
Sep 23, 2018
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In this interview Greg Benz and I nerd out on the meaning of Bit Depth and how it’s useful to all of us as travel and landscape photographers. The Main Article here. Main Points of interest: 2:10, What is Bit Depth? 4:20, Starting the definition of the “steps” between values smaller. How “granular” it is. 5:40, Box of crayons analogy with relation to bits. 6:00, 8 bits really the minimum for photographers. Banding can be an issue. 6:40, Banding defined 7:00, High ISO, Texture, things that hide banding 8:05, Digital noise is good J 8:35, Dithering and Noise difference 10:10, Advice against having your working file in 8 bits 11:25, Brent describes dithering 12:25, What bits the cameras actually give us. 14:35, Description on camera vs. eye interpretation of light. Log vs. Linear 16:40, How higher bit-depth in the raw stage helps us in camera, especially with the shadows. 19:00, characteristics of pushing the limits of the sensor 21:10, discussion on other terminologies, monitor manufacturers etc. 23:25, adding Gamut to the discussion, sRGB, Adobe RGB, ProPhoto RGB 26:30, some specific thoughts on ProPhoto RGB 29:30, printing with the ProPhoto RGB gamut 33:50, banding with luminosity masking, a fake issue 38:00, Photoshop is really only 15 bit?! What?! 40:40, How does this knowledge help us when shooting and processing? 48:35, Introducing Dynamic Range to the discussion. 52:38, Learning to shoot the right way, to maximize all these items. 55:10, Exposure Blending Master Course Use this link for excellent gear at the Peak Design website. It helps support my podcasting efforts. Thanks! Use this link to get a free gift at checkout, plus it helps support my podcasting efforts. Thanks!
Released:
Sep 23, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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