Why Exposing to the Right (ETTR) is BAD!

Started Mar 30, 2013 | Discussions thread
Senior MemberPosts: 4,970
In reply to Barrie Davis, Apr 1, 2013

Barrie Davis wrote:

schmegg wrote:

Barrie Davis wrote:

mike703 wrote:

apaflo wrote:

Barrie Davis wrote:


Why is that, do you think?


Sure it does; it's completely clear.  If you have a scene which averages mid-grey and has a histogram in the middle of the range when correctly exposed, and then you ETTR, you are using a longer exposure to get more light hitting the sensor (as much as you can without clipping highlights) and reduce noise.  Which has exactly the same effect as reducing the ISO.

Quite so.

Sure. That's not exactly what Baz said though.

Yes it is! Mike's was different form of words, to expand the point, but with same meaning.

Furthermore, if you cannot SEE that it is the same meaning, it becomes obvious why there is so much difficulty in your understanding the point itself.

Oh really.

You see to be very sure that your a bit better than me don't you.

The fact remains, if you have the camera set on ISO400, a different gain will be applied to the sensor readout than it will at ISO200. Meaning it's not "exactly the same" at all.

Or do you deny this?

Or maybe it is - but he's too keen to fob me off and say I have no idea rather than try to explain himself better.

I already explained that I have found people who don't understand this extremely basic principle for themselves, tend not to understand even when it IS explained. For this reason I now stop trying at the first sign of dispute.

You say it's "extremely basic" and yet you've been unable to explain it on this occasion, or, by the sounds of it, on many past occasions.

So perhaps it's not a "basic" as you think. Or perhaps you are wrong.

Of course, this doesn't help ME to understand WHY it is that people have so much trouble understanding ... [???]

Perhaps it's because you don't explain yourself! LOL!

Reply   Reply with quote   Complain
Post (hide subjects)Posted by
(unknown member)
Keyboard shortcuts:
Color scheme? Blue / Yellow