Readers Lives

Staff · Issue 64, Jan/Feb 2012 · pp. 5–6

picture on the LCD panel is looking at a preview of what you may get after processing the RAW file in a certain way. Because the dynamic range in a RAW file is bigger than in JPEG, borderline underexposed pictures may be post processed with RAW converter software to a better end result, than tweaked by preset programs and compressed to JPEG in the camera, and post processed on your pc. Post processing colours is a must for under water pictures as the light spectrum varies with depth, distance to the subject, mix of ambient and strobe light, dirt & matter in the water… But if there is no red captured, because there was no red available during the exposure, it is no use to try. That is what strobes & video lights are needed for. The RAW files from the XZ-1 may be imported into Capture One from Phase One, the best RAW converter software around. But the proof of the pudding is the eating. I …